Around them, everything is dark, but slowly, details and light begin to appear: the stars light up in the sky, grass grows beneath their feet, and mountains rise in the distance. They begin to walk, and presently arrive at a castle, just before dawn.
They reach the castle, are greeted by Irene, who shows them their bedrooms. They sleep - but there's also the "Hot Chocolate" incident: Egg comes to wake Pauline and finds Mki in her room.
Henry meets young Henry and gives him a book on Hacking.
They discover a family tree in the library. The tree is star-shaped, and looks like this:
EL => Charon => Erasmus / Bridget
EL => Oberon => Henry / Pauline
EL => Elegba => Mki / Jasmine
EL => Yue Lao => Egg Fu / Pao Lin
EL => Luvah => William / Irene
Egg learns from Pao Lin how to contact Yue Lao, he contacts Yue Lao who warns him of great danger.
Egg takes a horse and rides off. At the edge of a marsh, he meets a flying oriental dragon, which eats his horse and flies him to Lao's city, beyond the mountains of the moon.
The others socialize and settle down for tea, when someone comes down the stairs.