Back on the ship, the group found their crew watching them differently, each of them sensing brutal changes in the auras of Minos and his wives.
"What is it? Why are you looking at us like that?" Gloria asked as they had already left the previous station and were traveling through the infinite space of the universe.
"You look different..." said the spaceship captain, feeling a little confused.
"Has something changed?"
Minos explained to his wives, "They're feeling the difference because of the absence of our crowns. They've never seen us without them before, and they're doubtful about what we've been doing."
"Oh?" Ruth looked at those aliens, not having thought about how their aura had transformed since the change.