The volcra and shadow monsters are still causing chaos in the Fold, more so when the Darkling is too weak to control them now. Alina? Yeah… she’s a little busy crying over Mal right now to respond to Inej and Zoya’s call for help. The Darkling gets up, Alina comes over and they talk. At …

The Darkling visits Mal through a vision. Great, it’s always good to have more than one contact on your FaceTime list. He convinces Mal to leave things alone. Unsurprisingly, Mal says no, then taunts the Darkling about the latter’s everlasting loneliness. Alina shares with Nikolai the tragic bit about Mal being the Firebird. Nikolai hugs …

Alina, Baghra, and Mal set off to find the Firebird. On the way, Baghra shares with the other two a few of her childhood stories. Just the usual sibling rivalry stuff, her cutting her sister in half out of uncontrollable rage, for instance, and then there was that one time when dad brought baby sister …