- A maiden cut aloft from humanity
Locked in a coffin of stone
Her resurrection a clue for the man twice-blessed
Till the fate of her soul has been sealed.
Subway workers find the body of a woman buried fifty years ago in a wall, and impossibly she is still alive. Nostrodamus prophecy predicts this so Foster investigates how this could be and if the GUA are responsible.
Tropes:
- Albinos Are Freaks: Francesca Dutton and the other two who are unburied have turned extremely pale after so long out of the sun, and are quite startling to see.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Francesca Dutton tells Cade that there are two more who were buried like her, and he and Eddie start looking for them, unaware that they're helping to unearth Gua operatives.
- One Dialogue, Two Conversations: When Cade first speaks to Francesca Dutton, he indicates that he's aware of aliens, prompting her to ask him if he's "one of us." Thinking she means "victims of alien experiments," he plays along. It turns out she meant "undercover Gua."
- Sealed Evil in a Can: Francesca Dutton and her buried companions were on the front lines of the Gua infiltration, and were buried on purpose to keep them from harming humanity.
