Onrack the Broken stands before the wall of a cave, reflecting on what he had done before, and how that had cost him. He is now beset with doubts about his actions, since the likeness of the woman he had portrayed had been without her permission. He now observes a likeness in the painting on the wall before him, a scene of an Ay chasing Ranag. Trull Sengar, standing behind him, asks him about the paintings, to which Onrack replies that there is talent in the painter, Ulshun Pral, but he finds hints of impatience and free and savage emotions. Trull has talked to Ulshun and thinks that the Imass here have never died and were never a part of the Ritual, while Onrack believes that the Imass have lived here long enough to have forgotten about their past.