The new Grendel, Chris Spar battles Tujiro on a rooftop near Brian's apartment. Grendel battles her adversary to a standstill , taking some serious blows over the course of the fight , leaving her sore the next day. She calls Brian the next day and he lets her down, saying he will be to tired to meet up. She calls Gin for support, who encourages her to come home as she is feeling guilty over the problems her actions seem to cause. But Gin cannot convince her and she just walks away from the phone booth , leaving both Gin and the phone just hanging. Chris stops by the kabuki Theatre later to talk to Brian and reveals that Tujiro XIV killed her son. Brian still seems unsympathetic though and encourages her to call the police.Chris remains in the theatre dressing room and hides as two perfromers enter. They discuss Brian and his vices and Chris learns that they had been waiting to receive Brian, but the delivery was delayed. In the final pages of the book, Gin is confronted by the police and taken, blindfolded, to a location where she is confronted by Argent.

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