Riddley, Lissener, and the dog pack continue to walk to Cambry through the night. The area of Cambry has a mysterious attraction to the people who live nearby, perhaps because something known as the Power Ring was located in Cambry just before the war. Even though Lissener is blind, he walks confidently toward Cambry as though the area is dragging him in. Though Riddley wants to make a plan to help the Eusa people, Lissener insists on improvising in the moment. Riddley compares the two of them to Eusa’s two sons. Lissener shares his fear that Goodparley and his men are waiting ahead of them on the road. Together, they wonder whether the snippets of conversation they overhead about Belnot Phist could be an attempt by Phist to overthrow Goodparley. Lissener suggests that they split up to be more effective: He will take half the dead man’s stones and go to Cambry, while Riddley will take the rest of the stones and meet with Belnot Phist. An enemy of Goodparley, he reasons, could well be their friend.

Riddley parts from Lissener and each of them take half the dog pack. As Riddley walks back toward his hometown, Widders Dump, he thinks about the pre-apocalyptic world.