The president orders all Incarnates exterminated within three months. Doing so would boost his image and make his son Claude a national hero. Coup de Grace is at the beach waiting for supplies to come. While Schaal stands on the beach, she is drawn by a singing voice to the Incarnate Siren, Trice, hiding in a cave. A man named Charles orders Schaal to leave at gunpoint but Trice tells him to stop. He berates her for singing as the townsfolk could find her. Schaal introduces herself and tells of her father. Charles apologizes and says they must hide Trice as a bounty has been put on her...