The Sentry hasn't been the only ones alerted by the dock workers' discovery of the ship's return, and various people have thronged down to the harbourfront as well to get a glimpse of what's going on. While the Narrakra is too large to obscure, giving people a chance to see just what damages have been afflicted on the vessel, the Sentry has cordoned off a section of the dock that serves as a staging area for unloading the survivors. The excited babble of voices from onlookers carry tones of everything from Sentry conspiracy theories, to speculation that this was a Chihuelan pirate attack, to hushed murmurs about how the only thing this could have been was the Night Fisher.

Nearby, a veritable wall of armed officers have formed to keep one particular group of people from running toward the survivors -- their friends and relatives, many of whom are calling for, or straining to see, any sign of their loved ones. Tiaghae, the Arybar woman who made the video address on the network and who is also Faias' aunt, is among them.