Rou and Eight escort Cela through an ever-shifting tunnel while Trix meets a fellow treasure hunter in an unlikely position.
A younger Rou is leaving the office where he has been hired to perform some clerical work and off in the distance sees a familiar face among the market-goers. A tall, athletically built dark-skinned person with round glasses is bribing a vendor with some cinnamon buns. The person spots Rou and immediately rushes over, hastily grabbing their purchase before doing so. Rou tries his best to disappear into the crowd but can’t escape Talbain’s excited greeting. After a short banter, Talbain steers Rou toward the nearest bar in an overly friendly gesture of camaraderie.
Back in the present day, Rou shakes off that memory and is greeted, briefly, by the smell of fresh cinnamon buns, sandalwood and lily. He tries to use his heightened senses to help find an exit but is unsuccessful, and the group quickly realizes the trap they’re set in when they hear stone beginning to shift. Rou notices that the tunnel is shifting and insists they run. Slowed from carrying Cela, Rou and Eight do their best to meander through the changing pathway and for a short time are separated from Mongo.
Meanwhile, Trix looks around their dark cell and realizes that the breathing is coming from someone who calls themself Talbain. Talbain has been chained up by his ankles, his wrists tied to those chains and he has been left to dangle from the ceiling. Trix successfully picks the locks and Talbain is freed, but they’re not as successful in fixing their mechanical arm. Once Talbain’s arm has been adjusted, he convinces Trix to escape their cell. Before the pair can plan their escape, a familiar voice is heard in the dark.
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