The Uhuru pulls into a new port: Deauxmignon. A strange and sprawling city built in craters along a river delta that pours into a brackish swamp separating the river wetlands from the angry sea. Travis has business here and Orimar needs to plot the next move for the Uhuru after they take Jonnit to Akaron. All of that gets derailed when one member of the crew is discovered unconscious. Meanwhile, elsewhere in the city, a stranger prepares to meet the child thrown into their path.