Antsy has been dreaming of the Northern campaigns, when he and his squad took out a contingent leader of the Free cities army with a Moranth munition. He wakes up when Orchid shakes him as she wants to take care of his neck, which is bleeding. She notices his Bridgeburners tattoo and thinks that she saw it glowing and the flames moving. Orchid guesses that Anty's panniers contain Moranth Munitions. She reminisces about her childhood when the Malazans came to conquer the Free cities and she used to live there. Corien returns with a lot of bits and pieces to build a fire. He and Antsy leave the room to give Orchid some privacy while she dries her clothes. Corien tells Antsy that the Lim family has lost their fortune through reckless spending of is uncles, but he intends to remedy that by ric