Whiskeyjack and the Bridgeburners arrive on the shore of Lake Azul, outside Darujhistan. Whiskeyjack’s original orders had been to detonate explosives at the city gate. He changes the plan, telling his squad, “The original plan’s been scrapped, since it was intended to get us all killed. I didn’t like that part” (191). Instead, they decide to enter the city unnoticed and plant explosives at various city intersections.

Quick Ben contacts Hairlock, tracing the puppet deep into a Warren of power. Quick Ben worries that Hairlock has gone dangerously far into ancient magic. Hairlock updates the wizard about Tattersail’s encounter with the Hound of Shadow.

Paran is hiding in Tattersail’s rooms, unsure of his next step. He wonders what will happen to his mission and Adjunct Lorn’s plans since Whiskeyjack left for Darujhistan without him. He worries about Hairlock, suspecting that the puppet wants Tattersail dead. Although Paran does not know Tattersail, he feels some connection to her because she nursed him to health, and then he did the same for her.

Tattersail wakes. Her first words are, “I heard the coin drop, Captain” (205). She and Paran discuss Paran’s injury, and Tattersail confirms that a god must have intervened to save him.