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# TtH Chapters 4-7

## Chapter 4

More arrivals, but not in Darujhistan. Elsewhere, at a shore with blackrocks, a ship crash lands with only one dehydrated survivor. At the strand he is attacked by an emaciated bear which he kills the minute he reaches his sword- ancient and water etched. He quenches his thirst and also replenishes his iron stores by drinking the bear's blood and eating its heart. It takes 5 pages before the reveal that this is indeed Traveller. He is determined not to die because he has forsaken Hood. He carries Vengeance with him and for some reason the land seems to rain leaves at his arrival. 

Nimander and co, a more dour gang than the one we saw in RG, follow Clip to their intended destination. Since he has too much time on his hands, Nimander decides that the one true god is *time*. Skintick, who seems to the smartest of the lot, notices and asks Nimander what's going on. He says he has found a new god who doesnt care for worship, and Skintick retorts what is unique in that. *Digression: These bits of dialogue and long reminisces may seem to slow down the story for many first time readers, but I would recommend embracing the slowness. We rarely see such intense and deliberate character work in Malazan but this book takes the time to etch each one to minute detail. You might be tempted to skim them, but it's rewarding to slow down and pay attention.* Desra overhears the 2 and suggests power is the one true god since it gives you freedom to act as you please. The others counterargue and they would have gone on if not for the weird fields of flowering plants they reach. Anyway just note that, in additionto the dead unnamed girlfriend from Drift, Nimander now hears Phaed's voice in his head. He even reimagines throttling her and seems to find it pleasurable. It is harrowing to read but the plants seem to be fed by black ooze dripping out of strung up bodies which are tied and left like rows of scarecrows. There is a town visible up ahead, Nimander wants to skip it, Clip suggests they go and buy supplies.

They are met by a priest of a new cult called the Dying God. The old Pannion temple has been taken over by this cult, they extract the black liquids from the flowers/plants, and send it by the bucketful to the temple to feed the Dying God. This is the town of Bastion which now exports the drink Saemenkelyk, also called the Dying God's tears. He mistakes the Andii for traders and puts them up in a local inn. There is a brief exchange where Skintick catches on that the new god of Nimander is time itself. Clip declares that he wants to see this DG for himself. 

The Seerdomin wears his old uniform as a form of public declaration of guilt and self flagellation. He leaves the city and treks to the Great Barrow, which is a regualar occurence to him. Unlike the worshippers, he visits the Redeemer everyday to offer him company, to seek the humanity of the one made god by everyone else. Might as well share the prayer here:

> Redeemer. I do not seek your blessing. Redemption will never be mine, nor should it, not by your touch, nor that of anyone else. Redeemer, I bring no gift to set upon your barrow. I bring to you naught but myself. Worshippers and pilgrims will hear nothing of your loneliness. They armour you against all that is human, for that is how they make you into a god. But you were once a mortal soul. And so I come, my only gift my company. It is paltry, I know, but it is all I have and all I would offer.

He is approached by a young woman who calls him Benighted and tells him that his regular visits have been keeping the pilgrims safe. Seerdomin hates the idea of being responsible for anyone else's safety, gets mad and goes back to the city. 

Endest who probably has symptoms of mini stroke, has visions of Kharkanas, the First Born of all cities, from the distant past. There are dead bodies all around, there are waves of strong Light that assaults them and in walks Anomander with scales on his arms and torso. Endest was a mere acolyte is this memory/vision and remembers being asked by Anomander to open the Path to Mother Dark. They sense her presence at the temple and she grandly declares that she forsakes Anomander Blood of Tiam. That the Andii will be doomed to roam the world without purpose and that Dark, her heart, is closed to them. Ever since this event, Endest seems closed to certain senstivities. The next bit of talk between Rake and Endest is from the recent past, about holding Moons Spawn and waiting for the day when Endest needs to betray his lord. The last bit of talk is present day when Rake asks if the Redeemer is indeed Itkovian and Endest suggest Spinnock might know the answer. 

A small aside here that as much loyalty as the other Andii show Anomander, he seems burdened by them. Endest thinks that absolute loyalty is surrender from both sides. Free will on one side and freedom from the other. 

Spinnock has just answered the need of the High Priestess. (Yes, there is plenty of weird sex stuff in this book.) They have an easy friendship born of centuries of intimacy. Spinnock has a ritual of piling his sword after sex as a reminder that the sword is his first love. The one thing we do learn here is that with sex, the priestess can walk Darkness and she seems to be able to travel far nowadays. Spin wonders if Mother has forgiven them but she thinks not. 

After she leaves, he sets out to his usual game with Seerdomin. He knows that something seems to be bothering his friend and even visits a nearby priestess (of the Redeemer, not Dark) to enquire if anything happened. She doesn't give him an answer and seems to suggest that the Redeemer would not be afraid to embrace the Andii. Spin says its not a question of fear but of wisdom and tells her to make it plain in her prayers. With no answers, he decides to keep a close watch on his friend and wait for the chance to help him. 

Another lone figure walking up from the coast. This one has grey hair, looks very old, wears a long coat of chain and walks with the purpose of the mad. Kallor thinks madness is born of an inner torment whereas he, the High King, was a man at peace in his heart. His thoughts turn to banality and the pointlessness of everything. As he walks, he deftly kills a rabbit for dinner and keeps walking. 

> The world, someone once said, gives back what is given. In abundance. But then, as Kallor would point out, someone was always saying something. Until he got fed up and had them executed.


## Chapter 5

We just saw Kallor who has lived so long that everything appears banal to him. So now we switch to Kruppe who uses this entire chapter to say, "Inconsequential? Bah!"

The epigraph is another lovely poem that stresses this theme. Most of the major players of the chapter are laid out for us at the beginning. Just for fun, let us summarise this one character wise.

**The young thief who steals vegetables**- is Harllo, born of Stonny's rape. Back in MoI, Stonny was saved by Barghast magic after the battle and there is mild foreshadowing that she could be pregnant. She is unable to care for the child and has handed him to a couple who also have 3 other kids- Snell (a bully), Mew (middle child, so we dont get any details) and Hinty (a baby). Gruntle is a frequent visitor and one of the few people who treat Harllo well. Harllo's age is around 5 or 6, so if you are still trying to keep track of timelines, good luck. He lives in constant fear of being attacked by Snell. 

**The vegetable vendor**- is Thordy who doesn't care overmuch about the loss since the lost coin would have gone to her husband's drinking issues. She has a small patch of land where she grows vegetables, she is childless and hates her husband. After years and years, she has somehow decided to murder him and the thought makes her happy.

**The drunkard husband** who can't get enough to drink that day- is Gaz, a fisherman who lost his fingers upto their knuckles in an accident. He is upset, obviously, he knows his wife no loonger loves him but he is still in love, He goes around picking fights and killing people with his fists. In his PoV, we see that he seems to have a death wish. During one of his kills, Hood himself appears and says he is his god and to keep killing till some moment comes. Gaz now has to deal with buzzing flies sounds in his head which stops only when he is killing people. 

**The pot thrower**- is Tiserra, wife of Torvald Nom. Torvald steals from the lender to whom he owes money. Gareb's wife is in the bedroom and seems to think her husband is roleplaying with her, Torvald plays along and has sex with her. He then threatens her with a knife to find out the location of the treasure and steals the whole lot. He comes home to Tissera after all these years (Slavers. Ocean voyages. Toblakai, dhenrabi, torture and crucifixion, a sinking ship) and asks her to weave a ritual to hide the treasures from any magical probing. He asks and she confirms that she still loves him. 

**The child staring up at the ox**-is waiting for her mother who is having an affair with Doruth, a guard at the Gareb household. The woman is the wife of another guard who does suspect Doruth, they argue loudly and almost come to an agreement to 'share' her when Doruth asks about the child's age. Swords are drawn, there is a huge ruckus and with this distraction, and that was whenTorvald slipped in unnoticed. 

**The guard who does not pursue**- and thus lives a few more weeks to qualify for a full pension is the one who meets Mappo when he enters the city. He leads Mappo to the temple of Burn where the priests have already been preparing a ritual that would allow Mappo to use Burn's paths to quick travel to Lether. 

The K'rul's Bar (not a character technically, but still)- Duiker has been attempting to chronicle the Chain of Dogs for a year now, he is disappointed, and hence burns his work. Which, of course, flake into black ashes that drift up the chimney like crows. Mallet has a chat with him, they are both old/dour veterans who miss their dead friends. Duiker mentions that he has a lunch date the next day, with Baruk. 

**Rallick Nom**- meets his old friend, Krute of Talient who has been kicked out of the guild. He shuts down the idea that he is back to take the guild from Seba and warns Krute that Vorcan has returned too. They decide to sit tight, but first Rallick needs a drink. 

**Outside the phoenix Inn**- Cutter stands in the shadows wondering about his reception among old friends. Rallick creeps up on him, there is a scuffle and Cutter is good enough to manage to stab Rallick. He is losing blood but still manages to show his disapproval of Crokus taking up knives. 

**Inside the Pheonix Inn**- Cutter drags in Rallick seeking help. He meets Kruppe who welcomes him with the follwoing, after which they share a drink.

> Kruppe sees and sees very well. He sees sorrow and wisdom both. Pain and still open wounds. Love found and love lost. A certain desperation that still spins like a coin – which way will it fall? Question as yet unanswered, a future as yet undecided.

**Iskaral Pust**- reaches the local Temple of Shadow and meets High Priestess Sordiko Qualm who mistakes him for a sunburned toad. He demands all sorts of things and Sordiko agrees to treat him simply as a fellow-seneschal and guest of the temple. 

**Barathol, Scillara, Chaur**- are wide eyed tourists in Daru. Real or imagined, Barathol sees that Scillara is hurt by Cutter ghosting her. They find the open air sex practices of the Daru too corrupting for Chaur and look for a quiet place to eat. Barathol still carries regrets from his past. Scillara takes it upon herself to help them all find an aim, they are going to start with setting up a smithy.  They find a little restaurant for dinner and who do they meet but 3 Malazan marines at a nearby table.

**Picker, Blend, Antsy**- see the familial resemblance of Barathol and wonder if he is a Claw sent to warn/finish them. Antsy is positive that Chaur is the deadliest among them and is terrified. Blend, who is incidentally attracted to Scillara, walks over and susses them out. With no evidence of hostilities on either side, they all settle down to a friendly drinking contest. It ends with the Malazans losing by passing out after one sip each of Quorl Milk (Im very sure this is unimportant, but it is served in an insect shaped bottle, female and made by the Green Moranth)

**High Alchemist Baruk**- has trapped a wandering demon and is looking at it. Crone finds the aspect of this soul not that alien to her essence. Baruk confirms that this is the soul of a spirited, meditative person from the realm of the Fallen One. He has had an enlightening conversation and he mentions that his previous guest was Shadowthrone. Crone mentions that people and even Ravens build up 'dominos' and topple them. 

> He stands before a towering stone, yes, and would see it toppled.

Crone asks Baruk to stand a safe distance away and he asks how could he do that. He sends the soul home and with this Crone departs in a hurry, since she now has news to ease her master's mind. Vorcan is coming. Baruk sends for the remaining cabal mage, Derudan. He realises that there are only 3 mages left to stand against the return of the tyrant. He wonders who among them will betray the others. 


A few things worth noting in this chapter:

- Torvald sees a scroll called Lost verses of Anomandaris which is a blank page.

- Pust says Mogora is in an urn now. Not her ashes, but *her*.

I might have gone slightly overboard with this one, so here is one more quote to wind this up:

> What else is there, after all, when love and friendship and power, and regret and loss and reunion fierce enough to tear away all that might have been bittersweet, when all – all – is gone and done with, what else is there, but the needs of the stomach?


## Chapter 6

The epigraph is from the old Emperor. He does seem to have quite a few profound quotes attributed to him. There has to be some reason for bringing up Kellanved and Crust, right?

Anyway,Traveller. He is still travelling up from the coast of Morn. An earthquake has opened a cut in the rock and he can see K'chain bones in tombs. In the north, he can see a mottled scar in the sky- a gate that radiates pain. It has been 2 days since he ate the bear and now he is thirsty. A less driven man would have given up on life by now but he is keeping on keeping on. As he crosses the featureless plain, he meets Shadowthrone and Cotillion, alongwith the 5 Hounds of shadow and 2 new light coloured hounds. The old hounds seem to recognise him. By now you know. Traveller is Dassem. Part of the original empire building trio alongwith Kellanved and Dancer. The 3 talk with great familiarity. The 2 gods offer to help him in his mission to kill Hood.

> ‘I am not sure you fully understand—’ 
> ‘We do.’ 
> ‘I mean to kill Hood. I mean to kill the God of Death.’ 
> ‘Best of luck to you!’ said Shadowthrone. 
> More silence.

During their talk, Traveller suggests the new ones could be the Hounds of Light. He is given food, water and escort. After he leaves, the shadow gods are relieved that he didnt suspect they were behind the shipwreck. We find out that for some reason Mael wanted him and these 2 had to save him. Cotillion wonders why Mael wanted him, not to kill but just to delay. Because the elder god assumes a 'quarry on the run'. Shadowthrone asks who is the weakest link among their allies and is told it is himself. 

Abrupt cut to the kelyk harvesting village of Morsko. Nimander and co are at a tavern looking for wine, surrounded by drugged up villagers. Nenanda is on alert with his hand on sword. He says that Clip holds them all in contempt. He wants them to tell Clip who they are and why they were the ones who survived, because so far he has been treating them as voiceless and useless. Nimander apologises for letting them be treated this way and they dismiss it. They wonder about Desra who is always hanging out with Clip now. Skintick says her loyalty is with them, Kedeviss disagrees. She says Desra's only virtue is her sense of self-preservation. 
Clip returns after talking to the barkeep and sends them back to their rooms. The Dying God is about to arrive and Clip wants to 'simply see it'. Nimander and co leave regardless of Clip taunting them. They can hear the bound living scarecrows in the fields singing. Nimander and Skintick go to the field edge to check it out, a new voice filled with pain emerges from the temple and joins the rest. It seems that every midnight, the drink summons the Dying God and forces open the gate to his tormented soul. At the field they see that all the figures are writhing, black fluids are oozing out and the flowers had opened filling the air with clouds of pollen. Nimander has a sudden urge to taste it all and '*dance in the god's pain*'. They crawl back to the inn chased by a voice screaming that they are vermin for drinking deep his agony. They struggle and almost reach the inn door but another cry from the God staggers them. Blank -eyed Aranatha drags them in to safety. They worry about Clip and discuss about the DG who bleeds pain. Nimander wonders if the pain of others can be addictive. Suddenly they hear screams, Clip is murdering them all. The cries stop soon. In the morning, the Andii stand around brooding and Nimander has an interesting conversation with the voices in his head. Phaed calls Desra a slut who confuses giving with taking, invitation with surrender and gift with loss (put a pin in this concept of power dynamics). He tells Phaed voice to leave him but she says that would find him alone with the other voice in his head- his dead girlfriend who by now has been elevated in his mind to someone perfect. Phaed seems to suggest that she killed the girlfriend during their Edur fight (open to interpretations). She also tells him that Nenanda will betray them and hence must be pre-emptively murdered. 

Desra suggests they go and find Clip. He may think himself as all powerful but he is still very young. To this, Kedeviss tells Desra to take advantage of him quickly. Desra counters with she tires of Kedeviss' jealousy. Nimander thinks the same thing we are all thinking- they are a vicious bunch. Outside the tavern, they find Clip comatose with his eyes open. Aranatha says they have taken something from him and the priests have fled to Bastion. They decide to head there. Nenanda says they need to avenge him, Nimander says to get back whatever they took from him. Skintick looks in at the scene of slaughter inside the tavern and is shaken, they have all died smiling. In cryptic fashion, Skintick tells Nimander that they are once more awakened, though they had hoped it would not happen again. 

Smooth scene change. Clip's soul is broken and we are treated to a page long thought on how suffering doesn't always lead to healing. Sometimes, broken is just broken. And the ones who fell have to choose between pity and loneliness. This is Endest of course, in whom something broke a while ago. He feels something now, a cry of outrage from Kurald Galain. And he knows every Andii has felt it. Rather than asking the High Priestess for answers, he seeks out Anomander Rake. 

Rake asks him if he agrees with Mother Dark's assessment. He says he could not have forced peace without the blood of Tiamatha. Though the peace was shortlived, if they had achieved true unification, then maybe Mother Dark might have changed her mind. 

Endest says something is happening. Rake replies that he cannot give answer this time and that Spinnock will be needed elsewhere. He asks if Endest who refuses. Rake agrees and tells him not to stand in the way of 2 forces, to not intercede. Endest wants to know if this emanation will return and Anomander the straight talker tells him nothing lasts forever- not violence, not peace, not sorroe and not rage. 

As he leaves, he recalls an old prayer about Darkness receiving every breath unto death. But not for the Andii since Darkness is closed to them. He feels alone and wonders if the High Priestesses cry out in ecstasy or desperation, or if there was even a difference between the two. 

Smooth transition from troubled thoughts to Salind's "He is troubled", referring to the Redeemer who stirred awake in his barrow for an unknown reason. She is with a group of pilgrims and her thoughts turn to the fact that Seerdomin, their benighted, has turned away from them. Surely they must have failed him somehow and so he was right in denying them. She thinks of the fundamental contradiction in the relationship between the Redeemer and his worshippers. The believer yields everything to his god, but this god cannot surrender anything and can never find relief. SO where is the Redeemer's reward? 

One of the pilgrims asks her if their god is displeased by the atrocities of Gradithan, and if so why doesnt he smite them himself. She replies that whatever disturbance he felt had the flavour of Kurald Galain. An ex merchant cries that he has surrendered everything to an indifferent god. Salind goes on a tangent that any faith that offers perfect answers to every quesion is not a true one, since its only purpose it to satisfy. She asks if it is the duty of the faith to keep peace. And that ultimately such a faith would be unable to accept unbelievers. Hence, what would be the difference between them and the Pannion. 
To this, one woman comments that none of these things can offer ease to her daughter who was raped by Gradithan. Salind is asked to speak to the Benighted on their behalf. She wonders how is any of this fair. Where is her compassion when she questions and makes demands of the Seerdomin. 

We switch to Spinnock who watches as Seerdomin seems distracted in their game. There is an obvious move available but he doesn't even notice it. Seerdomin yields the game, even though he has allies but they are kelyk numbed. At his surrender, Spinnock worries. Salind enters the tavern and tries to talk to Seerdomin. Her companions have lost their courage and left her alone, but still she attempts to convince him to return. Seerdomin keeps saying she has no right and does not listen. 

Spinnock leaves but waits outside to talk to her. Salind tells him that the Seerdomin will drink himself blind today and tells him to take care of him.  He asks her why Seerdomin is in distress and she wonders why Spinnock is so invested in his well-being, more than a friend might be. "He answers a need and so wounded as he now is, you begin to bleed". She goes on to explain that the Redeemer *misses* him, that he alone would visit him everyday not to pray, but to offer a precious gift- company. She walks away wondering what would happen if everyone came to the god as friends, not worshippers. Spinnock is left shaken by this encounter and wants to help her. But why?

Smooth transition to thinking about "How many women had there been?" Not Spinnock though, its the other long lived dude, Kallor. His whole inner monologue is excellent and worthy of a long debate. Not just for the addition to the lore but also its metatextual value. He reminisces about outliving all the women he had, and how he had to kill all the children he ever had.Not just children, but literal newborns snatched from their mothers and murdered (sorry, I can't help but point out even for a series as dark as this one, doesn't this stand out as *off*?) He gloats over his absolute mastery of his subjects. And now he is seeking another kingship, but this time, not an empire but an entire realm. He is sure of being able to usurp the power of a broken god. His path seems to be following a trader track but now he senses Tiste Andii. He wonders if they are the 2 who are hunting him- Korlat and Orfantal. He even briefly wonders why they are so persistent in finding him since this is unusual for Andii. He assumes its because he didnt stay and fight. Of course, Kallor can't think of any other reason. He resumes walking, towards Darujhistan. 

Nimander and co have taken a wagon and a few horses. Clip is still in an open eyed coma as they move towards Bastion. Along their journey, they find that people/priests have left them food and water. They meet Kallor who asks if they are from Coral. But he does not recognise them and so spares them. He invites himself to their wagon. He asks Desra for water and she tries to give him kelyk. Words are exchanged but ultimately they start traveling again. 

Who else is travelling here? Ah yes, Traveller. He walks across a basin of a valley, across which he sees a herd of unfamiliar horses. He meets 2 men from the Kindaru, keepers of the horses of the rock. They welcome him with an excellent speech which is a culmination of all the past lessons they have learned from other guests. They call this land Lama Teth Andath. Traveller is not sure if he should laugh or cry and they assure him that deceit is not their way. Unsurprising then, when we see that they are the last camp left. They are waiting to die after which the g'athend horses will be free. Traveller accepts their hospitality but also notes that they had him covered with spearmen. 

He is given food - scalded milk with strips of turtle meat. He is warned that the milk might get him high and the meat will give him harmless dreams of tunnelling through the earth. They tell him that they were almost ambushed by the Skathandi but some 30 of them were killed by someone as yet unknown. Probably a demon who is heading north. The Skathandi are raiders who are sworn to a tyrant captain on an 8 wheeled carriage. He settles in for the night and one of the women approaches him, drugs him and sleeps with him. 

Next morning, among the skathandi wreckage, they find a suitable horse for him. A woman rider approaches on a huge horse- a Jhag'athend one. Traveller notes she is Ugari, she is following a demon who is killing everyone in his path. Just to return his damned horse.

## Chapter 7

This chapter is more or less a continuation of chapter 5, looking at the aftermath of the events there. I'm not sure why, but Kruppe's exposition did not compel me enough to make special note of it. 

First, Harllo. He goes away to the hills near Two Ox gate to collect dung for their family to use as fuel. He has been followed by an insanely jealous Snell who has been pocketing the child support money Stonny has been giving him for years. The money is quite a collection now and it's almost poetic that he knocks out Harllo using the money given by his own mother. 

Stonny meanwhile claims she is a thief who is taking money from rich nobles in return for training their children to be duellists and swordsmen. Gruntle checks in on her, says Harllos family is barely scraping by. They figure that Snell has been an actual thief of the money. 

Meanwhile Gruntle has been thinking of joining the Trygalle Guild as a shareholder. Once he makes enough fortune - say after one trip- he could retire and keep Harllos family in comfort. Stonny calls it a death wish but can't talk him out of it. Master Quell is hesitant to take on Gruntle but their passenger is quite happy that a Soletaken is joining them and so Gruntle is hired. 

The passenger is of course, Mappo. Once saved by Ardata, a jealous goddess, he is unable to be blessed by Burns blood. Hence he can't travel to lether via Burns path. He then hires the Trygalle. 

The Trygalle, of course, consists of Master Quell, Sweetest Sufferance, Faint, Reccanto, Glanno Tarp. They have 3 new recruits this time- swamp witch Precious Thimble and her 2 suitors, Jula and Amby Bole from the Mott Irregulars. 

At Kruls bar, the quorl milk drinkers wake up after a night of unremembered excesses. Barathol has set out looking for the blacksmith guild. Bluepearl heads down to the cellar where a ghost of an old monk tells him to open a cask and see. 

Duiker is met by the bard who knows that the historian struggles to write down the chain of dogs, he says that maybe expositional prose is not a good fit and offers to allow him to use his voice. There's a little meta exchange about contradictory tales, with the bard claiming that he makes no distinction between lies and truth. The scene ends with a mic drop moment- "Call me Fisher". 

Cutter meets Murillio, who wonders which group of his friends he is more embarrassed about. Murillio mentions that he is getting old and will retire, maybe join this new and popular duelling school in the city. Cutter wants to meet rallick but is also not looking forward to it. He roams the streets where Challice also roams around. Kruppe tells us maybe they meet, but we shall see. 

Challice is a neglected wife, who is now tempted towards a more hedonistic life. We are introduced to a symbol of her feeling of being trapped in the form of a snow globe with a floating bright moon inside. Her husband and his buddies have been discussing Council affairs all night. For some reason, Gorlas thinks he "owns" them because they lust after his wife. They have decided to nominate someone to the council but we are not told who. Meanwhile Humble Measure, the ironmonger has appointed Gorlas as in charge of the iron mines outside the city. 

It is to these mines that an unconscious Harllo is being taken by an old man who found him. He gets money in return for finding a slave to work there. 

Rallick and Murillio catch up. They wonder about Cutter. Torvald has a moment of jealousy towards his wife, but gets over it soon. He meets Scorch and Leff to hand over his debt repayment. Kruppe is witness. Kruppe notes that Gareb the lender may be very happy since he was burgled just the night before. Not just his riches but his wife's innocence too was stolen. He later tells Torvald that his cousin, Rallick, has returned to them. Tor hesitates and decides to meet him later. 

We end the chapter with another run down- Thordy is setting flatstones in her garden in a particular pattern. Spite is still lounging in the ship, she has noticed the proximity of her kin. And little Harllo will soon be lost to darkness. 