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And the Beach splits in half.
It’s chaos, the desert fallen - but Bizzy leaves, following the circus over the walls, to Outerhaven. They organize, they rebuild society. And yet... She keeps looking over her shoulder. Lightrocket isn’t here - why isn’t Lightrocket here? They were supposed to escape together. They were supposed to rebel together, weren’t they?
Halfway across the continent, Korulein presents Lightrocket and the other Beach members a new title and gear. Black Battalion, the last faithful of the desert. He accepts it easily, though the feeling of someone missing keeps nagging at him. Why isn’t Bizzy here? They were supposed to fight for Imperia together, weren’t they?
Weren’t they?