The mute boy from Bastone and Midge sit by the fireside playing a round of Pyramids. The boys often do this, and though the mute boy does not speak, he smiles a lot more these days. Midge has been attempting to teach him a few phrases in the strange hand clap language of The Knock that Midge has picked up from the A'Dendri in the Green Streets. He sweeps up after the doors close and seems content, and more importantly, safe.