 When the Dirdir finally take notice, Reith and his friends barely manage to escape, but they have amassed a fortune; in fact, they have so many sequins, they are forced to leave behind a substantial hidden cache.They journey to the cosmopolitan city of Sivishe, where there are shipyards.They find that they must deal with Aila Woudiver, an enormously obese man with monstrous appetites.