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===Synopsis===
===Synopsis===
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In [[Pluto City]], [[Sector 48]], [[Van Tilburg]] and [[Beck]] discuss a recent murder they committed. A [[Helper]] named [[Echo]] leaves the room and talks in an earpiece<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2023/09/18/chapter-9-page-1/</ref> to a pair of [[Cop (disambiguation)|cops]]. Echo informs the cops that Beck is also a cop<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2023/09/19/chapter-9-page-2/</ref>. The other cops get nervous, but Echo scolds them and tells them to arrest both Beck and Van Tilburg<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2023/09/20/chapter-9-page-3/</ref>. Echo tells Van Tilburg's Helper to duck, and the cops enter and arrest Van Tilburg and Beck, with Van Tilburg blaming Beck for setting him up<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2023/09/21/chapter-9-page-4/</ref>. Echo confidently announces she had the room bugged, and tells the other Helper she is safe<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2023/09/22/chapter-9-page-5/</ref>.
In [[Pluto City]], [[Sector 48]], [[Van Tilburg]] and [[Beck]] discuss a recent murder they committed. A [[Helper]] named [[Echo]] leaves the room and talks in an earpiece<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2023/09/18/chapter-9-page-1/</ref> to a pair of [[Cop (disambiguation)|cops]]. Echo informs the cops that Beck is also a cop<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2023/09/19/chapter-9-page-2/</ref>. The other cops get nervous, but Echo scolds them and tells them to arrest both Beck and Van Tilburg<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2023/09/20/chapter-9-page-3/</ref>. Echo tells Van Tilburg's Helper to duck, and the cops enter and arrest Van Tilburg and Beck, with Van Tilburg blaming Beck for setting him up<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2023/09/21/chapter-9-page-4/</ref>. Echo confidently announces she had the room bugged, and tells the other Helper she is safe<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2023/09/22/chapter-9-page-5/</ref>.


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In another room, Hemmel thanks Pandora over video chat for the information about Echo. Zero is suspicious, and Miss Fortuna says she knows very little about Echo<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2023/10/06/chapter-9-page-15/</ref>. Hemmel asks Zero to run a background check on Echo, while Pandora expresses confidence that Echo is trustworthy<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2023/10/10/chapter-9-page-17/</ref>.
In another room, Hemmel thanks Pandora over video chat for the information about Echo. Zero is suspicious, and Miss Fortuna says she knows very little about Echo<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2023/10/06/chapter-9-page-15/</ref>. Hemmel asks Zero to run a background check on Echo, while Pandora expresses confidence that Echo is trustworthy<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2023/10/10/chapter-9-page-17/</ref>.


Some time later, a pair of resistance members blindfold Echo and take her<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2023/10/11/chapter-9-page-18/</ref> to the resistance base<ref>https://mastodon.art/@comicsbyxan/111222490297054727</ref><ref>https://archive.today/60Q5H</ref>.
Some time later, a [[Resistance member with an eyepatch|pair]] of [[Resistance member with a half undercut|resistance members]] blindfold Echo and take her<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2023/10/11/chapter-9-page-18/</ref> to the resistance base<ref>https://mastodon.art/@comicsbyxan/111222490297054727</ref><ref>https://archive.today/60Q5H</ref>. Echo tells Hemmel that she can offer her combat skills to the resistance, but refuses to say anything about where she got those skills<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2023/10/12/chapter-9-page-19/</ref>. Meanwhile, Zero finds a photograph of the Pluto City Police Division 3, showing Echo posing alongside a bunch of human police officers. Zero sends the picture to her colleagues, shocking Con and upsetting Pandora<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2023/10/13/chapter-9-page-20/</ref>. Hemmel confronts Echo about her connection to the Pluto City police, but Echo again refuses to talk about her past. The chapter closes with Hemmel asking if Echo is a cop<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2023/10/16/chapter-9-page-21/</ref>.


===Trivia===
===Trivia===
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*The gap in time between the releases of Chapters Eight and Nine was the longest such gap between two consecutive chapters to date.
*The gap in time between the releases of Chapters Eight and Nine was the longest such gap between two consecutive chapters to date.
*This is the first chapter in which Pandora does not appear on the first page<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2023/09/18/chapter-9-page-1/</ref>.
*This is the first chapter in which Pandora does not appear on the first page<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2023/09/18/chapter-9-page-1/</ref>.
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*Echo, Part 1 is the first chapter since [[Broken, Part 1|Chapter 1]] to give no indication as to how much time has passed since the [[Unbecoming|previous chapter]].
*Echo, Part 1 is the first chapter since [[Broken, Part 1|Chapter 1]] to give no indication as to how much time has passed since the [[Unbecoming|previous chapter]].
*Echo's discussion about not waiting to get what you want in life echo's [[Adrastea]]'s words in [[Live Fast, Part 2|Chapter 7]] about hoping she will still have enough time left to live her life after she escapes.
*Echo's discussion about not waiting to get what you want in life echo's [[Adrastea]]'s words in [[Live Fast, Part 2|Chapter 7]] about hoping she will still have enough time left to live her life after she escapes.
*The line "This is Echo" is spoken by two different characters: first by Echo herself, and later by Miss Fortuna.
**Likewise, the question "Are you a cop?" is asked of Echo three times: first by Van Tilberg's unnamed Helper, then sarcastically by Isabelle, and finally non-sarcastically by Hemmel.
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