The dragonets spend the rest of the day and a portion of the night swimming downriver, stopping to hunt for food and rest. They talk about which of the three SandWing sisters they might pick now that they’ve met Burn and her ally Queen Scarlet. All three sisters have major drawbacks that the dragonets agree would disqualify them as a good leader. The dragonets don’t know if they get to choose the new SandWing leader, but they like talking about it.

The conversation turns to Glory and her new powers. When Clay asks her if she thinks all RainWings can do what she does, Glory responds testily, “How should I know? [...] Has anyone ever told me anything about RainWings—except that they’re lazy and, by the way, in case we haven’t mentioned it a thousand times, not part of the prophecy?” (265). Clay asks her if she’s mad at him specifically, but Glory doesn’t answer him.

The dragonets decide to take a nap. When Clay wakes up, Glory is gone. Clay nearly panics. He wakes Tsunami and Sunny. Tsunami explains to Clay that she knew Glory was mad.