Richard notices someone undergoing Chrysalis, and moves in to help. While Stig, the faerie in question, is gaining his senses, Madame Rain steps forward to claim him as her fledgling. Robert fights her for the privilege, but the combat is left unresolved, due to the attack of the Quilt. Stig becomes Robert's fledge, a matter which is later to cause him some consternation - for good reason are changelings most often mentored by one of their own Kith.
Martin is involved in organising a rave, at which Robert helps with the lighting. Even Lady Catherine turns up, and indeed gets rather involved, swinging from the ceiling. Robert and Richard get drunk, and the Nocker gets beaten up for being obnoxious to the wrong people.