Mikado beat Kapha Dragon Father in single combat, and proceeds from there to stir up the world and make it messier than it already is. Tal sets out to track down Ashkin, with Rex Pynchon on her shoulder. Ashkin has gone home to old Rue Orient, to accept the reward doled out for deserters of the infamous assassin school, the Silent House. Galdir begins to cut the threads tying him to his old life. Solveig begins to search for threads to tie her to a new one. Zidel's nap is over and she begins to get curious about for her origins, and originator.