At Alysin's Auction House in Rephidim, Jarik is put on the block, and sold for the considerable amount of twenty-two shekels, while Jynx is with his father (Dominic) and evidently bored by the proceedings, Envoy is selling cookies, and Bassai and Zephyr watch. Envoy and Zephyr try to find some way of locating Jarik and freeing him, while Bassai bids on a collection of Kame Ikata paintings, striking a deal with a poodle noble who seems to be the only other person interested in them