Alice and Hannibal has found out that a fight broke out at the last councilor meeting while they were in the sewers, with the meeting being broken up after Mornn Ballantine punched Flack Chimerazon, who runs the New Residential District. When Thelonius trails Longinus Payne, he finds himself skulking through the streets of Rayburn Falls. Where will his path lead him? Who is it that Longinus seeks to meet in the evening?