The following day, Hans Finch comes around to meet Paul at Dita's, which has been joined to the comic store overnight by the diligent Istar constructionists. Finch appears a spry 60-year old, but was in fact born in 1910, and used to look much younger until recently, when his power abruptly passed on to Paul, following his devastating failure to prevent the destruction of Booralla, the sentient mothership of Blue Island
1). Finch tells Paul that his power, which he calls
The Ring, has far greater potential than Paul has recognized as of yet. He also tells Paul he already has a
list of all the resident aliens on Earth.