'We left London, the lights of Wolfstack behind us and the dark of the zee ahead. I was frightened, but I was not alone.'
10 – 19
'We sailed past Hunter's Keep. The lights were out. We did not linger. We did not take tea.
20 – 29
'The Tomb-Colonies! Ah, let this not be my fate. Not the bandages and dust, the Grand Sanatorium and silence. Let me not go gentle.
30 – 39
'Northward. There is an old fear in the water. She deserted in the dead of night. I will remember her.
40 – 49
'The air by Mt Palmerston was choked with brimstone. Did we disembark? I do not remember. I do not want to remember.
50 – 59
'South. The light drives us. Our new captain has little experience but an ambition burns her from within. We must reach Adam's Way, before her heart smoulders to ash.
60 – 69
'The Captain is dead. She did not return from the garden. The cats keep her now. I could take on her burden. I will not.
70 – 79
'Adam's Way. Some of the crew left. They want to go upriver. I saw them in the light of my lantern, their bodies red in the river.
80 – 89
'We stopped at Varchas. We met a traveller, returning. She showed us the glass. We journeyed otherwise for a time.