Alptraum dreams of Vorgulremik. The evil dragon taunts him to indulge in his baser desires. Alptraum thankfully refuses. Well, up to a point he seems to refuse. Once the steel dragon is gone from his memories, Alptraum is about to make a choice. Was it good? Was it bad? Who knows? His mother woke him up mid dream!

The next day he finds himself dealing with Nadya … and she accuses him of drugs or witchcraft for their odd behavior. After he convinces her otherwise, he has to go 'rescue' poor Hexen from Krizzy. He doesn't entirely rescue him, alas; he actually encourages the Eeee to have her way with him!

As Alptraum finally leaves, Kaira relaxes control of his hand and it shifts back to its mutated state. All his nicely grown black fur falls out, leaving spurts of grey fur in spots and rather leathery and old-looking skin; the apparent 'natural' state. The sensation of anything beyond pressure also fades with it; leaving the Eee with a mostly numb right hand. Still … it isn't all bad, well maybe. It's never easy to tell.