Yang Wen-li and Fyodor Patrichev arrange the funeral of Christopf von Köfenhiller on Masjid and return to Heinessen, where they bid their respective farewells. Together with Dusty Attemborough, Yang has dinner with Alex Cazerne and meets Cazerne's fiancée, Hortense Milbelle, for the first time. After eating, he begins to report the findings of his investigation into the possible murder of Free Planets Alliance war hero Bruce Ashbey.