Solaris Chapter 10 Summary

Conversation

  • Kelvin gets a note from Snow that Sartorius is going to work on the brain wave X-ray project.
  • He needs to go, but isn't sure what to do with Rheya. Can she wait in the corridor? Maybe, but she is worried she'll lose control and Hulk out and tear through the door or some such.
  • Kelvin tells her they can leave the station together and get a little house in the country and have kids and live happily ever after.
  • Well, he doesn't exactly say that, but that's the idea.
  • Rheya thinks if she hears Kelvin's voice she can stand outside and not listen while he and Snow chat (Kelvin's worried about what Snow might say).
  • So Snow and he get together and chat.
  • Snow figures out that Kelvin wants to leave the station and get the house in the country, and such. He is skeptical about the viability of this, and he gently tells Kelvin he's an idiot.
  • Also, Snow points out there's still another Rheya 2.0 in that capsule that Kelvin blasted into space. Does Rheya 3.0 know about her?
  • No, she doesn't, Kelvin says. He's cranky about it.
  • Snow suggests that if Kelvin takes Rheya off-planet, the neutrino field might disintegrate, which would mean no Rheya anywhere.
  • Also, Snow says, Kelvin's love and morality don't make any sense in this situation. He's being manipulated, plus just loving something in his own head.
  • Snow tells Kelvin to meet Sartorius tomorrow; Kelvin leaves.
  • Rheya is all happy because she didn't Hulk out when Kelvin left.
  • Kelvin is less happy.
  • He worries that if they record his EEG and beam it into the ocean, the ocean will detect a secret desire to get rid of Rheya, and then it will be as if he has killed her.
  • He decides he won't help them with the EEG.