Kira shows that she’s feeling ambivalent about her new life. While she has more property and more luxury than every before, she’s also lonely—property can’t replace her mother, who died less than a week ago. At times, Jamison has behaved like a kind of father figure, taking care of Kira and giving her a home. Yet it’s clear that he’s no replacement for Kira’s real parents. He wants her in the Edifice not for herself but for her work.