pp. 155-156 are narrated from Banner's pov. When Huang switches off the multi-sensory link, she stares at his face, hears him speak and knows that he regrets interrupting her contact with Yewwl. She cannot see well through tears caused by what is happening to Yewwl. She thinks in the first person in italics, remembers Dominic's warning and runs to escape although running away from Yewwl is the hardest thing that she has ever done and hurts more than her father's death. This passages is entirely about Banner's inner feelings. We are told that Huang is bemused but not what he thinks or feels.
pp. 156-158 are narrated from Yewwl's pov:
"From somewhere down inside herself, Yewwl found speech." (p. 156)
Her companions:
"...saw that her fate was upon her, and departed." (p. 157)
We are told what they saw but this is not their pov. Their perception of Yewwl's fate is sufficiently expressed by their departure.
"It boomed around Yewwl." (ibid.)
This is her experience.
Her vanes thrill. Her muscles rejoice. Her blood throbs and glows in the chill. She will make sure that the pilot of a descending flyer sees her. Knowing that she has been torn open, she sees the aircraft and takes aim. Her last strength is used to aim herself at the water where the craft has fallen.
"Oath-sister, farewell." (p. 158)
That is the end of Yewwl's pov.
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