The Detectives calmly march Stenfalk towards the edge of the cliff and push him off. Despite Corbeau’s stifled scream, Stenfalk’s death is just as sudden and insignificant as Ostrero’s. Pfeifer then tells Corbeau to just scream, since the Detectives already know where they are. There is no need to be stealthy when you’ve already been caught. S. realizes that his boot has been melted off and that the grass he walked on had turned black, creating a clear trail to them.

In response to the line “expressionless as if they’d just tossed an inedible fish back into the water,” Jen recalled her dad’s line “It’s just business.” . Eric sees this as an excuse. VMS wrote this in a very Machiavellian way of thinking, with the end justifying the means.

In the margin notes, Jen continues from the next page, wanting evidence behind Vaclav’s survival and identity as Straka. Need evidence.