Dalia has prepared a room for Farnab and shows it to him. Farnab thanks her for the delicious raisins and the room and gets up to go to his room and rest. Tirad steps out of the hut. He doesn’t know what he should do? If he goes back to the Saviour Island, they will keep him there. Their problems are not little or limited. The way he sees, it he would have to deal with new problems every day. If he goes, he can’t just quail his way out of his responsibilities. He doesn’t believe he is eligible to decide for others and say what should be done and what should be avoided. Yet ignoring the Saviour Island and its problems is irresponsible too. How can he go on living in this beautiful and lush land and let the sea people spread new sets of Rules in his name? He had done his share, he had taught in the Saviour Ship for many years; he had stopped Mart from starting the war and had helped developing new ways to keep the birthing mothers alive. But is this all he could do? If he was responsible for handling the semi-dolphins, maybe he could find a way to communicate with them. After all, he was the reason one of them was born.

Even if he accepts to go back, Dalia wouldn’t go with him. Of course, she would prefer to live with her mother in peace and raise her children in a prosperous land like this than taking them back to the burnt down island with hostile residents. He might be able to convince her if he says they need to learn more about the semi-dolphins. What would her reaction be? He wonders whether she would excitedly go to see her baby grown now to an infant or would she fall back and become depressed again? Tirad is confused. He was sure he had found his way and had done his share and he could reside in this peaceful village for the rest of his life. But Farnab has trembled the stable ground beneath his feet. The new Saviour Narrative, Tirad Rules, the new conspiracy in the Circle with Chouman’s near death and the growth of semi-dolphins… Can he really be ignorant towards them all? How can he help? The investigation of the semi-dolphins would probably lead to nothing useful and he can never stop the conspiracies shaping up in the Circle. Hurmaz had come back and taken the responsibly, he even became the First Disciple. He couldn’t do anything useful or make any significant changes as he had promised to Armina. He couldn’t stop the Circle from all their illegal dealing and wrong doings and at the end, he became a victim of their vicious plans. Yet Tirad has already made some significant changes. These false Rules that are spread in his name – even though he doesn’t approve such doings – are a step forward to reforming the outdated and impractical Saviour Rules. He needs to verify the best version of the new Rules, stick to them and make sure people follow them carefully. And this is a full time responsibility. Perhaps he is not sure how effective the Rules can be. Anyone can take this responsibility and go on reforming the outdated ones. Whoever has started this, has already taken the responsibility. Since they were too determined to spread the new Tirad Rules and the appropriate myths along with it, they will do whatever it takes to have it accepted by everyone and control its outcome. Probably, the outcome is only to their personal favours and Tirad is the exact person they would have to take down to reach their final goal. Tirad is not scared of being pushed aside or even get killed like Hurmaz. This new war like the one that was going to bring down Atlan, is setting off again in his name. And is there any end to these wars? Can he ever be free of his name that one day brings him shame and he has to hide it and one day possesses the power of immortality?