At Blackshire Keep, Jynx is surprised when he gets up for a late night snack and finds the Wooden Shekel (Bambridge) in his kitchen. Bambridge asks Jynx if he has gotten the news about the fall of the City of Hands, and Jynx indicates that he has. Bambridge indicates that his tribe, the Dusty Tear tribe, has been scattered – Those able to survive in the wilderness are doing so, but there are those unable to provide for themselves. Jynx grants Bambridge permission to bring the refugees to Kurai Town. Bambridge also indicates that he intends to steal the body of the Priest-Queen, as the Nagai presently have it up as a grisly display … and he and others wish to see that the Priest-Queen receives a proper burial. Despite the gloomy topics to converse about, Jynx and Bambridge at last bring up some of their old adventures in happier times, to pass the night away.