Brishen visits the house of Lord Saskanar, an elderly Eeee who voiced opposition to the Sabaoth during the feast in which intentions to use the Plaguebringers on Rephidim were announced. She confides in Saskanar her distaste for the development of the war, and her wish to bring a stop to it. Lord Saskanar summarizes many events that have led to the current state of Babelite affairs.