Season 2 follows the aftermath of Hawaii as Shanti's power leakage, Cassandra's imprisonment, Cipher's guilt, Sarah's investigation, and the trio's attempted normal life all tighten around the hidden truth of the world. The season should keep the simulation confirmation obscured from Rowan, Shanti, and the reader until Season 3, while letting Cassandra and Cipher speak around it through language of cages, lifeboats, authorship, containment, and awakening.