On the mind bridge with Day, Ruhn is blissfully relaxed. He tells her he passed on the information about the train carrying the mech-suit prototype to Forvos. In the process, Ruhn almost got caught by Mordoc, the Hind and the Harpy. He has had a difficult day; Day responds her she has also had a terrible time; she works with people so awful Mordoc would seem sweet in comparison. Day has never had a friend and is lonely, despite hailing from an influential family. Ruhn deduces to himself that this rules out Day being an Asteri since Asteri don’t have families. Day guesses Ruhn is from a privileged background and suggests he leverage his power to work more closely for the rebellion. Ruhn evades her suggestion.

Since Bryce told him some time elapses between souls entering the Bone Quarter and being fed to the archway, Ithan wants to visit the Bone Quarter to meet Connor. He decides to go to Istros to seek Tharion’s help. On the way to Istros, he thinks about the Hind’s cutting remarks on him and Bryce. They hit close to home because Ithan had been in love with Bryce for the longest time when they were younger.