Barbara strives to fulfill her role as a Star Bearer in spite of Barbie's concerns about her health. Troubled by the disturbances which keep occurring in the children's wing, Barbara wonders if things would have been different under the previous leader.
Meanwhile, in John's rooms, John reads a letter from Kate. Something in it sends him into a state of shock.
The emission of soot is a shadow's duty.
.بعث السخام هو واجب الظل
Es ist doch gerade die Pflicht
von uns Shadows,
Produire de la suie
est le premier devoir d’un Shadow.
Rilasciare fuliggine
 è uno dei compiti di noi Shadow.
Soltar fuligem é papel de uma sombra.
В этом и заключается долг теней —