The Golěm leaves his flat in Prague’s Old Town, moving through tight alleys while trying to steady his mind after his recent encounters with the Ether, which heighten his senses but also untether him from physical reality. He reminds himself to stay alert because his planned retribution depends on obtaining a specific piece of information he still lacks.

To avoid leaving traces, The Golěm chooses a destination where he can seek answers anonymously. He dresses as an ordinary man rather than in his clay costume, reflecting that Prague’s surveillance and facial recognition make anonymity difficult—yet masks can provide cover when he truly needs it.

He thinks back to the previous night, when he dressed as The Golěm not to conceal himself generally, but to hide his face from Dr. Brigita Gessner and terrify her into revealing secrets. He continues processing what he learned from her: an underground atrocity, the identities of her partners, and a way to bring their work crashing down.

Passing the Sex Machines Museum, The Golěm dismisses physical pleasure compared to the Ether, but is nauseated by thoughts of an unnamed woman with her lover. He decides the “kindest” act would be to kill the man quickly, believing he can absorb the woman’s pain and help her forget, framing this as a golem’s duty to bear another soul’s burden.

Reaching the Old Town Square amid tourists and costumed performers, The Golěm notes Prague’s commerce in occult imagery and avoids the crowd. As expected, he slips into the Hotel U Prince and descends to Black Angel’s Bar—an underground Gothic cavern associated with diaries and “impossible” elixirs—hoping to find the information he needs, which he credits to the “angel of death.”