Tetsuro meets Clowmaria, a freedom fighter on a heavily industrialized world that is trying to get the people of her planet to change her ways. Clowmaria is captured and set to be executed, but is saved by Tetsuro and Maetel. Clowmaria and her allies sneak aboard the 999 to escape to another planet, but have no passes. Maetel manages to get passes for all of them seconds before the Conductor kicks them off the train, allowing them to stay on board.