Lost and Found

Back at the Seventh Ruby, Taigus comes clean with Nimrya; he tells her that she is pregnant with their child and that, due to the circumstances of her resurrection, she only has 13 years left to live. She stubbornly promises to find a way around this, expressing her hopes for the future and their child.

As the night wears on, she leaves and the rest of the party returns. Taigus gets drunk, fights the Ruby's bartender Bertram, then spends the rest of the night going on a bar crawl with Hachiman watching over him. Lau takes Taigus's pistol and gives it to Nimrya in the morning. She later finds Taigus, returning his pistol to him and telling him to stay out of trouble.

After collectively deciding to call themselves the Lost & Found, the party picks up a new contract from the city's restored notice board; something has been killing sailors and fishermen near the docks at night. Waiting until nightfall to investigate the matter, the party splits up and engages in their own activities: Lau stalks a mysterious man named Dobbs, whom he met while gambling at the Ruby the night before, Hachiman visits a still-unconscious yet recovering Balthesar, Roach starts selling his bone sculptures in the markets, Tingle goes to the fighting ring, and Taigus makes a deal with Councilman Pryde to sell the city the wood near Xantorin. Taigus also learns of a secret auction that the party may be invited to.

At night, they all meet up and head to the docks. Drag marks and blood are spotted along the grassy river bank. Looking to draw out the killers, Tingle tethers himself to Hachiman and wades into the river as Lau pushes in a bleeding goat behind him. Almost immediately, something begins attacking Tingle and the goat. The party leaps to action and sees that the killers are merrow. Roach is impaled with a harpoon and nearly pulled into the river, but he manages to stand his ground. Two out of the three merrow are defeated and their heads are claimed as trophies.