The chapter starts with Everen's sudden and alarming transformation into a dragon.
Everen appears terrifying and dangerous, as he slowly starts to draw magic from the narrator and reveals his intentions to open a gateway for dragons to return to the world.
The narrator discovers that Everen had been planning to kill them from their first meeting and feels a sense of betrayal and fear.
However, before Everen can fulfill his plans, the narrator stands up to him and commands him to leave. Everen then departs, leaving the narrator alone and angry.
Amidst the chaos and pain, the narrator realizes their dreams and drawings of dragons might be more than just a fancy.
As part of their plans for survival, they seek to arrange a buyer for a stolen claw through a friend, Kelwyn.
Despite feeling apprehensive and exposed without Everen by their side, the narrator goes ahead with the sale.
The buyer turns out to be Ikari Dwell, who they had impersonated previously, but before the deal is completed, Dwell and their guards are killed, presumably by a third party.
Everen then returns in his dragon form, sharing his anguish over an imminent catastrophe that could wipe out all dragons. He transforms into a dragon fully and takes off into the sky with the unwilling narrator.