As the Fused close in on Honor’s Path, Captain Notum orders the cargo hatch opened. With Stormlight dwindling and speed insufficient, he faces a moral dilemma but chooses to release Syl and Adolin’s deadeye. Syl pointedly rebukes Notum for past obedience, and he avoids her gaze.

Azure declines to flee, saying she must protect the sailors and pursue her own objective. She asks that Zahel be warned she is seeking him, and instructs Notum’s crew to use cloth cutouts for a plan of her own. Her decision aims to improve both the ship’s chances and the fugitives’ escape.

Shallan leads the jump into the sea of beads, nearly overwhelmed until she infuses a bead and forms a small Stormlight chamber. She pulls Kaladin and Pattern inside, conserving gemstones when possible, and reassures Kaladin that Syl needs no air. They collapse the room and fight the current up a slope to shore, where Syl—who had hidden among glass trees and watched the Fused fly past—helps them onto land.

In the glass forest, an approaching highstorm in the Physical Realm invigorates Syl and Pattern. After a brief recovery and conserving Stormlight back into a gem, Kaladin commits two gemstones to Lash the group—spren included—inland. They aim to reach Thaylenah’s shores in Shadesmar and approach Thaylen City’s Oathgate while staying ahead of the Fused.