Envoy is forced to defend herself against the charge of murder. She is called on first as a witness, then Latania, and finally Chiaroscuro, who explodes and accuses her of using him to get to Isstan. The judge sentences her to death… And as the Inquisitor pulls the switch on the Great Chair, she wakes up rather suddenly in bed, to find that apparently the past two weeks were spent in bed, with Latania taking care of her and Chiaroscuro at her bedside. She asks Chiaroscuro to continue staying with her so she won't be… lonely