News that Jasnah lives jolts Shallan from post-battle withdrawal into focused study. After visits from friends and family, she heads to the pillar chamber, noting that the pervasive dread in Urithiru has vanished since Re‑Shephir’s flight. Guarded corridors lead her to the crystal pillar, where soldiers watch the tunnel the Unmade used to escape.

Shallan finds Jasnah examining the pillar. Relaying Navani’s view, Jasnah posits it could be an intricate fabrial, then lectures that fabrials imprison spren and can be manipulated by specific stimuli—such as flamespren in rubies for heat. Appalled, Shallan calls it cruel; Pattern hums agreement. Jasnah briskly asks for a precise sketch, and though bristling at the tone, Shallan complies.

Jasnah apologizes for the disaster on Wind’s Pleasure, praises Shallan’s accomplishments in reaching Urithiru, and identifies the attackers as Ghostbloods—warning they may now target Shallan. Jasnah explains she survived by Elsecalling to Shadesmar and using Stormlight to mend her wound, but returning was difficult, requiring a rare transfer point between realms.

Jasnah requests Shallan’s account of Urithiru’s discovery and sketches of the transformed parshmen. Shallan considers what to reveal, hesitating over her dealings with the Ghostbloods. Jasnah confides she feels behind as events accelerate and asks Shallan’s view of the Windrunner. The two share a moment of uncertainty amid the Radiants’ rapid refounding.