In this chapter, marjorie tells us that the half-wolf is back, and he's ready to help. He's got a message for the fleet commander: he needs to bring the wolf back to the city of Aurum. The fleet commander has managed to keep half of the fleet under his command, which means that the fleet is still under the control of the ancients. The only reason the fleet isn't under constant command is because of the constant nature of the universe. The ancients are still recovering from their last war, and their spies are still controlled by their mother, so the war will be just like the last one. Marjorie doesn't trust his mother, but she's worried about her little sister, who's growing more and more hungry. She's also worried about the wolf's return, because the halfwolf has told her where the next fragment of the mask is. The halfwolf says that the monstra aren't harmless apparitions, but that they've mastered the control over them. He wants to know what's going on with the city, but the prime minister won't tell him. The prime minister says that days later, the city is blamed for the bomb that struck the city