Even as the Festival of Flood and Flower gets underway in the Sun Village Wing’s wolf dies, and Wing receives comfort for his loss first from Zotahska of the Underworld and then from his tribesmate Lifefire.
Wing, Lifefire, and Falyeril prepare to go on a journey to Lostholt, but their preparations for departure are interrupted by a merry four-way challenge at the Balancing Game; later, the trio sets off on their trip.
