Benny, on an errand for Irving Braxiatel, goes to the Repository of the Improbable to find R.F. Wilburton. Wilburton claims to be the victim of a Markov chain of events, by which no one can ever see him, though he is not invisible. Benny, constantly distracted in their conversation and therefore never actually seeing him, gives him a message from Braxiatel. After he leaves, she explores the Repository. Benny, wandering the Repository, comes across a joining stone from Goron IV. She picks it up. She experiences a brief sense of recognition that reminds her of Jason.