This chapter's epigraph comes from a soliloquy by Dr. Bledsoe in which he compares the physical strength of a person at the legendary rank to that of a real expert at the rank of the devil. He says that even though a person's physical strength might not be as strong as a true expert, it's still not as bad as someone at the lower ranks. Bled's words are interrupted by the sound of a bugle call. It's the bugle of the Silverwing family, and the bug's bugle has been removed. The seal has also been removed and the wings have been removed, so the silverwing group is now at the black gold rank. The bugle is still in the process of refining scarlet blood crystals