The hut door opens at last and Farnab steps in. Tirad greets him warmly in his mother tongue, taking him into his arms. He is so glad to see him and smell the scent of the sea from his long hair and beard. Farnab is also happy to see him and he drinks the pure village water with delight. Tirad is waiting for him to give the news from the Saviour Island. The same year when the Saviour Ship burnt down, Farnab had come to him from the Circle. After Akhgar and Mart’s deaths, three of the third disciples had entered the Circle, one of them was Farnab and they had chosen Chouman as the First Disciple. The Circle had reviewed Tirad’s letter and Hurmaz’s documents. They had immediately stopped the war and pardoned Tirad. But he never went back. Farnab kept sending him letters, telling him what was going on in the Saviour Island and asking him for advice and guidance. After they had cleared the burnt rubbles, they had found Mart’s body and many trunks filled with the Saviour coins. Nothing had remained from Mart and they could hardly recognise him. He was identified from the whereabouts of his cabin where he had slept that night. Tirad had given them useful tips and new plans for reconstructing the Island and had given them advice on how to spend the Saviour coins. One of his ideas was to establish a medical centre like that of Parsana. He had also suggested organising a birth centre for women so that they don’t lose their lives giving birth to semi-dolphin babies. His other plan was to gather and buy books from Oxan and other islands and restore the library. He had told them to construct a building in the place of the former Ship. The building he had suggested was more like the houses of Oxan but larger and with a big, roofed hall for the pilgrims so that they wouldn’t have to stand in the heat of the dry season or the rain on the other season of the year. The number of pilgrims had reduced greatly but the Island residents had become more.

“You have a beautiful village!” Farnab says, smiling. Tirad answers he is so happy to be living here.

“Chouman is not well… He has fallen ill since the end of the rain season… He may not live long,” Farnab says in a sad tone. Tirad is sorry to hear that.

“The Circle has asked me to come here and beg you to come back,” Farnab continues.

“Nothing will change with my return… Besides, I have disobeyed every single Saviour Rule in the past years… I have killed… I got married and I have a child!” Tirad replies and points to the little Narivan who is playing with stones and small sticks in the corner of the room.

“The Saviour Rules are changing…” Farnab says and hands him some papers. Tirad takes the papers and starts reading them. They are titled ‘Tirad Rules’! He reads the rules that are written under his name. They are mostly the previous Saviour Rules but altered as if to approve Tirad’s way of life. It allows the disciples to get married and have children, to kill in defence and to revenge the helpless and downtrodden. Tirad gives back the papers furiously.