Toc the Younger, deformed and broken inside from his weeks of torture, stands on a balcony overlooking the harbor of Coral. He's being held up by an unnamed Seerdomin, who surprises Toc with kind gestures and a regretful tale of his family coming to embrace the Pannion Domin. The Pannion Seer wanted Toc to see Coral, planning on giving up Lest, Setta, and Maurik, and allowing the coming army to exhaust itself on the march. The Seerdomin leads Toc back to the Matron, remembering how Coral's summer winds were once warm.