The copied Conscription potion works on Lucia, placing Lucia under Carl's orders. Carl sends Raul to help Donut, then forces Lucia to cancel any hostile spells and remove her protections. Lucia's malice confirms that Lucia had been pretending to be helpless, but the conscription prevents Lucia from directly harming Carl.

Donut reports that Gustavo 3 is trapped in the stairwell near the Nest, still trying to attack with lightning while Donut prepares Mongo and clockwork duplicates. Carl orders Lucia to call Gustavo back and asks about the net trapping Donut. Lucia explains that the effect is on Donut, not the tower, and that Donut will explode if Donut tries to teleport until the effect expires.

A warlord message reveals that Harpocrates has been conscripted into the Princess Posse, meaning Li Na successfully used the potion on the god. Carl prepares to mark and kill Lucia because Lucia remains a threat and the conscription will end with the floor, but another personality, Diah, surfaces. Diah says Lucia is with Alexandro and only returns when the dogs are close; Diah describes other trapped children existing in darkness and pain inside Lucia's mind.

Before Carl can learn more, the group from the tower chute crashes into Carl and knocks Carl outside with Gustavo 3, Raul, and three Mongos. Harpocrates, under Li Na's control, strides through the city and uses the god-ball to fight Yarilo. Donut, still trapped above, cannot get a clear shot and panics over Mongo.

Gustavo 3 fights savagely, destroying clockwork Mongos, impaling the real Mongo with Porcupine Defense, electrifying the quills, and nearly ripping out Mongo's throat. Raul is badly wounded and disappears in a puff of smoke. Carl is repeatedly battered by the gale tower and nearly crippled while trying to intervene, but Carl summons Rend with Wrecking Ball, and Rend rolls through Gustavo 3, killing the dog.

Lucia, in hag form, sobs and uses a pet healing potion to keep Mongo barely alive, then another personality or influence returns. Lucia tells Carl that Carl should have killed Lucia while the dog connection remained. Lucia claims the Eulogist now has another ally in the dungeon and that Carl cannot kill Lucia without causing all the children of Earth to die, then walks away.