After leaving Kyle Haven's room, Wintrow is confronted by Sa'Adar. The crazed priest is still seeking revenge on Kyle and tries to sway Wintrow to his side, but Wintrow resists and goes to check on Kennit. The conversation the two have help Kennit reassess his situation and deepen the bond between them. Kennit is healing and ready to resume his position as captain. Meanwhile, Brashen sees Vivacia in Divvytown and has a plan to get to Bingtown warn the Vestrits. 

Brashen is backing up his captain in his dealings, when he comes across a familiar portrait that Althea had commissioned. He learns of Vivacia's fate and that she is close by, in Divvytown. Wintrow meanwhile, is still haunted by his father, Kyle Haven, who is slowly going more insane and becoming more paranoid. 

Amber and Althea catch up, but their conversation grows tense around the Bingtown Trader secrets. Amber tells Althea that the Traders must adapt. Althea is disturbed (especially about Paragon possibly being sold) and goes back to her family and the Vestrit house where Keffria, Malta, and Ronica are waiting. More tense reunions and more catching up results in a tenuous family agreement to work together. 

Althea Vestrit leaves her family home to deliver news to the Tenira family still onboard Ophelia. During her walk back, she remarks on the changes to Bingtown and is met by Amber. Althea brings the woodworker to Ophelia to help her charred hands and the four of them discuss possible allies. 

Althea Vestrit returns to her family house, worried about the reception she'll get. However, when she arrives, she notes that the grounds look unkempt and there is a party being thrown. Through hearing gossip and talking with her mother, Ronica, Althea learns of the financial straits the Vestrits are in and the limited options going forward. 

Althea has performed well as first mate on board of Ophelia. However, as they approach Bingtown, she returns to her guise of a common crewmate and learns of the Chalcedean presence in her city. The Teniras and Althea discuss plans to rouse the Old Trader families and put aside differences to take back their city. And after their planning, Grag and Althea discuss their potential for a relationship.

Wintrow dives after a dead Kennit, while Vivacia tries to hold the pirate together. Kennit is nice for once, and Etta is commanded to be nice to Wintrow. Upon awakening, Wintrow awkwardly talks to Etta and then Vivacia. In this episode, we discuss the mechanics of Skill and the dynamics of Wintrow's relationship web. 

Davad Restart is a walking faux pas. He lucks his way into crashing the courting meeting with the Khuprus family and talks with Jani and Ronica. We learn more about Malta's feelings for Reyn and Reyn's depth of feeling for Malta. She still has some growing up to do. 

Keffria and Ronica are helping Malta get ready for Reyn Khuprus' visit to the Vestrit house. We dive into Malta's thought process about this event and Ronica's feelings about how this should go. A wrench gets thrown into the mix with Davad Restart showing up, uninvited. 

We are introduced to the oft-heard of Satrap Cosgo and his Companion of the Heart, Serilla. With the introduction of the other side of the Bingtown Trader complaints, we discuss Cosgo's inept leadership and his 'ally', Chalced. During the conversation, we learn more of Serilla's disdain for the Satrap and her passion for Bingtown.