Marron gives Aria the open invitation to return before sending them on their way with temporary reinforcements. Perry wonders what he’ll do if Aria doesn’t find Lumina and returns to Delphi. He doesn’t believe Tide will accept a Dweller, especially once they learn Vale, Talon, and Clara were stolen for her mother’s research. Outside Delphi, Aria and Perry come across their first group of Croven. Perry manages to kill one but must chase the other through the forest. He catches and kills the second before he hears Aria’s muffled cry.

A third Croven drops from a nearby tree and runs for the horn, which he plans to use to signal the others. Aria manages to kill him before reuniting with Perry. They go in search of Roar, who’s managed to kill five Croven with a group of Marron’s men; Roar is the only survivor, sustaining a major leg wound. Roar refuses to let Perry carry him because he can hear the Croven swiftly approaching, but Perry does so anyway. They nestle in a rocky outcropping, from which Perry fires arrow after arrow at the 50 Croven closing in, but he eventually runs out.