Azure is busily renovating the second floor of the soon-to-be-christened Vile Phial Inn and Tavern; he almost manages to wipe out a passerby with the old sign. The traveller turns out to be none other than Iaskafa, his fellow investor; Azure invites the khu'an in and they go over the terms of their business arrangement, and learn a little about each other in the process.

Quote of the log: 'If you were seven foot tall, I'd not worry (if you might be a Kavi) except to wonder if you weren't two Kavi, or one with stilts. They're very clever, you know." – Azure, on a fact digging mission about the mysterious Iaskafa