 Prescot volunteers to deliver a letter for a cousin of Chido's to the Volgendrin, hoping to find further information there on the flying boats and unawares of what the Volgendrin really are.He learns that they are flying islands when he accidentally jumps over the edge and is barely rescued.He learns more about the purpose of the Volgendrin but than, ready to depart, is recognised by Ornol ham Feoste, Kov of Apulad, as Chaadur who the former blames for the murder of his wife.