# Sea Gate explained — Star Born

> Chapter companion for Star Born by Andre Norton.

## What happens

Dalgard and Sssuri flee through an underground corridor, pursued by intelligent pack hunters that once served Those Others. They eventually find a sea lock and escape, with Dalgard killing one of the creatures.

## Themes in this chapter

### Survival and Adaptation

Dalgard and Sssuri must adapt to the underground environment and flee from relentless hunters to survive.

### Legacy and History

The corridor and hunters are remnants of Those Others' ancient experiments and oppression.

## Character check-ins

### Dalgard Nordis

Flees with Sssuri through underground passage, fights off a hunter at the sea lock.

### Sssuri

Leads the escape, senses the hunters, and opens the sea lock hatch.

## Key lines

> There are those who live in this darkness. By one, or by two, we could speedily remove them from life. But they hunt in packs and they are as greedy for the kill as are the snake-devils scenting meat.

Sssuri explains that the creatures in the dark are dangerous in packs, as voracious as snake-devils.

_Sssuri warns Dalgard about the pack-hunting nature of their pursuers._

> They had fed. Scouts follow because we are something new and thus suspect. When hunger rises once more in them, and their scouts report that we are meat, then is the time to draw knives and prepare for battle.

Sssuri reassures Dalgard that the hunters are not immediately attacking because they have already eaten, but warns they will attack when hungry again.

_Sssuri explains the hunters' behavior and the coming threat._

## Links

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