 Alek show Malone the Pope's letter to his claim to throne as emperor so the reporter will keep Deryn's secret.Dr Barlow shows Deryn the article with Alek's story, not her secret, and offers Deryn the job again.At the Serbian consulate, Lilit (who has been made the assistant to the newly founded Ottoman Republic's ambassador since the events of "Behemoth") reappears and tells Deryn about a German water-walker coming to attack Goliath, so Dr Barlow convinces Captain Hobbes to keep watch.