In Blitzheim, Jynx wanders the streets, running into the Titanian Tigress he fled from earlier, then for some reason into Wyckyd, and a number of odd mishaps along the way. At last, a boiler explosion introduces him to Inquisitrix Turtle and her assistant, Neekto – who is visiting his grandfather, Krako, a tinker who has a shop there. Turtle is evidently annoyed, but at last agrees to give Jynx passage back to Rephidim … so long as he acts as her personal assistant for the journey