On the 7th day of Stormclaw, 627 years after the Aegis was erected the sight of the Pride of Darkwater is not as pathetic as it had been a week previously. The fair sized hole made in its lower port side has been patched up with wood that almost completely matches the ship except for the fact that it is not weathered at all. Lucius Nepos, second in command of the expedition, stands on a small temporary wooden platform constructed under the former hole, helping to seal it up. Thayndor Zahir appears from aft, where he had been directing the pilot. "Nepos," he says. "Report."