Eragon, Saphira, Roran, Albriech, and Baldor are waiting outside Horst's tent as Elain is giving birth inside with the help of Arya, Gertrude, Katrina, and other women. Once the baby is born, Arya brings Eragon into the tent to show him that the baby was born with a cat lip, leading Arya and Horst to ask Eragon if he would heal the baby's deformity. Agreeing, Eragon leaves the tent with Arya and Gertrude and heads to his own to begin healing the baby.