The three species live in complete harmony as they have finally learned how to be together and this has benefitted all of them over the span of many years. None of them wants any kind of disturbance because it can take away everything within no time. All of them are afraid of one thing i.e the virus which has eradicated the entire population of the different planets and now it is coming to them.
Some think that they must act fast in order to find a cure while there are others who think that they can do nothing because their time has come. Ender’s Game and Speaker for the Dead are associated with this part and can be listened to or read before coming to this one so that a nice platform can be built in the mind first.