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The sun finally sets on a very eventful day, and the forest in enveloped in dark.
Kurama goes for a long walk to make sense of what he'd experienced with
Nettlebane.
Clay, too, is struggling to wrap his own head around how he could've mistaken a large, shining, ice blue dragon for a little brown bear. He goes for a walk to clear his mind.
Petra uncovers dragon tracks in the detritus, even though they're clearly not
Starfall's, she follows them anyway. Somewhere along the way, her path crosses with
Hunger's, and they agree on a temporary truce to take down whoever they're tracking. Later,
Clay also bumps into them and is included in their little murder party. Eventually, they follow the tracks all the way up to their source,
Kurama. They jump on him,
Clay and
Hunger restrain their victim while
Petra takes him out with her sais. Elsewhere, still freaking out over
Glacier's abrupt murder,
Laurel gets lost.
Ichor sharpens his makeshift trident and heads back to the river to finish fishing.
Bolkando was also there, having set up a camp and successfully constructed a pipe bomb. He spots
Ichor through the dark, and debates whether or not to use the bomb on her, or to save it for a larger group. He decides to use
Ichor as bomb practice, as there are enough materials left in the kit to make a second bomb. She's too focused on fishing to notice him.
Bolkando sneaks down the shoreline, careful not to break his target's concentration. Once he gets close enough, he prepares to arm the bomb, but
Ichor hears him. She swings around and smacks the bomb out of his talons with her trident.
Bolkando fumbles after it and
Ichor takes the opportunity to stab him in the back, forcing him underwater. She does not let go until he stops struggling. Elsewhere,
Chrysochus has been exiled from
Alexei and
Murasaki's group, even though they had initially intended to kill him. They were too scared to try.
Chrysochus finds himself all alone in the dark forest, he climbs a tree and looks up at the stars as he drifts off to sleep. He sorrowfully thinks about home.
Alexei and
Murasaki have absorbed
Blizzard and
Hiraeth into their group to replace
Chrysochus and
Zagreus. This time,
Alexei and
Murasaki are a bit closer to each other and are now able to more effectively plan a betrayal. However, they still can't agree on a target,
Marasaki wants to kill
Hiraeth, but
Alexei is dead set on killing
Blizzard. They agree to leave it until morning.