Cosmic Termination: All the brothers of the desert and nomadism are placed in it. They go from Libya to Yemen and Kator from Japan to Koona. They know what it is to learn from the road. They are aware of the virtues and abilities of each man; but at the same time, distrustful of what they do not understand. They arrive at Rama as part of their incessant pilgrimage with all their accumulated knowledge.