Being in Zalpa's cave gave the group the chance to have a proper party and face the losses that the crisis had caused. Khan and Liiza eventually joined the event, but they remained among their friends only for a short time before returning inside their room.
Zalpa's mood was awful, but she distracted herself by preparing smelly potions meant to make the journey toward the safe location easier. She even let Doku handle the second cauldron so that the others would never lack drinks.
The cave didn't have many cups, but the students made sure to pass them so that everyone could drink. The envoys joined them without hesitation, and they even helped the few other humans in the cave with that tradition.
The humans deployed on Nitis had suffered incredible losses during the crisis and Zura's betrayal. More than forty recruits had occupied the two camps before the arrival of the sunlight, but less than ten of them had remained now. One of the squad leaders had also died.
