While assisting with the wounded, Trahearne will come across an older Sinayg named Etneu with minor physical injuries; he mutters quietly to himself and reacts with terror at anyone who approaches but never lashes out at them. He clutches a sealed, cylindrical container made from wood that he refuses to let go of, making it difficult to treat him. When he sees Trahearne, however, he sags with relief and holds out the cylinder. "This is for you," Etneu says. He doesn't know why, exactly, just that it's for Trahearne. Afterwards, he calms considerably and will allow himself to be cared for; even the muttering stops.

Rolled inside the cylinder are rough, papyrus-like pages that have hand-drawn star charts on them. There are scribbled notes on margins in an unfamiliar language that even the Dreaming won't translate, and the charts do not appear to match what can be seen in the night sky above Konryu.