 Luz's people negotiated with the "ondat" to give them time to undo the Ila's makers with their own more advanced nanoceles, and prevent the "ondat" from destroying the planet.Thirty years ago, Luz and her team landed and began releasing their own makers into villagers to draw them to her.The "ondat" agreed to hold off their destruction for thirty years, and to spare the area surrounding Luz's tower once it begins.