Keffria wakes up to some quakes in Trehaug. Malta is missing and Jani can't comfort Keffria before everyone is needed to help excavate the trapped workers. Reyn beelines for the Crowned Rooster Chamber and encounters Selden. They're trapped and Reyn is hopeless, thinking Malta is dead. He tries to free Tintaglia. Malta, in the meantime, is leading Cosgo and Kekki through the city. She resists getting drowned in memories and eventually escapes but is stranded in the middle of the Rain Wild River.