William Boone (Kevin Kilner) and Lili Marquette (Lisa Howard) got a call from Elijah Good (Brett Porter), a doctor in the small Amish town of Paradise. Two citizens of Paradise had committed suicide, apparently suffering from "Companion Syndrome" -- a malady related to the profound displacement caused by the arrival of the Companions. Although the world had been relatively free of this ailment, the Amish remained sheltered from outside influences which could have explained the delay in their experiencing it. Boone and Lili headed to Paradise, much to the chagrin of the town's elders who resented outside interference from the "English." Shortly after arriving, Boone and Lili were present at the discovery of another suicide -- a man who stood in a freezer until he froze to death. As they examined the body, his mouth opened and a butterfly flew out.

Boone asked Da'an if any Taelon experiments were being conducted in the area and got a negative reply. Elijah, Boone and Lili wanted to get to the heart of the mystery by performing autopsies on the bodies of the deceased, but their request was denied by the elders, who also imposed the "Meidung" on Elijah -- which effectively shut him off from his family and the town.

Things took an even darker turn for Elijah when his wife Sarah (Brenda Bazinet) was the next victim of the mysterious butterflies. Fortunately, he got to her before she died, but her condition was grave. While talking to Elijah's son Jedediah (Trevor Blumas), Boone learned of his discovery of a "metal scarecrow" -- a mother probe. Early on, the probe absorbed a butterfly and now the town was in the grip of a plague of tiny probes shaped like butterflies.

Boone had to rush to contain the probe without letting Da'an know of its existence: if it was Taelon in origin, it would be a valuable piece of Companion hardware for the Resistance. Of course, it could have other origins.

Containing it proved to be easier said than done and the butterflies swarmed to attack the shuttle, Boone and Lili. Boone led the butterflies back to the probe and skrilled them as they hovered above it. The melted goop from the skrilled butterflies covered the probe and shut it down. Paradise returned to peaceful tranquillity and the Resistance got the probe which, for the moment, remained inactive.

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