Synopsis:
It is winter. Three months have passed. Shakespeare and Tosca have not been seen since and are presumed dead. There is a report that researchers found Big Si of the Lazuli ill with tuberculosis and put him down to avoid a slow death and an epidemic. The Lazuli group is then taken over by J.D., Big Si's son. Youssarian mates with Pancake, a female evicted from the Lazuli.