After selling her last glass creen, the dragoness Arcadia encounters Bassai at her shop, who inquires about her prowess at making an unusual device made of glass that can be used to convert water into steam. Latania shows up with a black vykarin and a strange critter with a muzzle on its face and a leash around its neck. Jynx shows up and causes a commotion, and Latania loses track of her leashed critter, causing even more commotion…