Pander de Vries makes a startling discovery. The alien Tarot-reading monk (or rather travelling friar) is making his morning preparations, kneeling on the gleaming floor of his small cabin aboard a speeding starship. Before he sets out on his round of duties for the coming shift, he is shocked by what he reads in the cards. As he tries to decide the meaning of what he has uncovered, we learn more about Azure rituals and what brought him here.