XAT agents begin to fall ill, one after another. Then one day, in response to a massive emergence of Amalgams in the city, the agents themselves start turning into Amalgams. A fierce battle breaks out within the XAT ranks who have turned into Amalgams and those who have not, when at last, Joseph regains consciousness.
As it trickles down the window,
sad rain rattles the heated isolation
 أثناء هطول الأمطار عبر النافذة،
 يهطل المطر الحزين العزلة الساخنة 
Wenn es am Fenster herunterrieselt, rüttelt
trauriger Regen an der beheizten Isolation.