The party splits up in the refugee encampment to pursue different goals. Echo Wren visits the legendary Grimmersh, who offers cynical advice about the gods, and later acquires a box of four cinnamon rolls from Bello in exchange for a promise to pay five silver tomorrow. She gives one cinnamon roll to Kil'mori. Kil'mori, working feverishly on a device to track powerful magical artifacts, has a breakthrough while eating the comfort food. Olad Freeye and Tara Zellphera Zellphera visit an enchanter's tent, where Tara Zellphera purchases a secret map to the Monastery's lost vaults, which Olad receives, and Olad also receives a metal object from the enchanter, D. The party receives a quest from D to retrieve her brother's sentimental necklace from the vaults in exchange for a custom item. They also learn of two possible locations for the dodecahedron they seek: the Linkardi Desert and the monastery vaults.

Tara Zellphera Zellphera purchases a blue lacrima. Their search leads them to the mysterious Athena. Olad Freeye and Tara Zellphera Zellphera each make a donation to Athena—Olad places two gold coins, and Tara Zellphera adds an extra gold coin. Their donations trigger separate, profound visions: Olad to an astral plane with an altar for the elemental orbs, and Tara Zellphera Zellphera to a peaceful meadow from her childhood. Later, Olad discovers a small bag of tiny blue pills in his own pouch.