Section 5, pages 70-91 Summary

Amadeus Arkham's friends take him out to the opera to help him regain his health, but his problems are deeper than they realize. Arkham takes psychotropic mushrooms and begins to think that the house is a living creature that is trying to tell him something. He feels something and turns to see the clown fish make the astrological sign of Pisces, the fish, which is related to the moon card in the Tarot. The card means death and rebirth.

Arkham writes that he must follow the path shown to him. Meanwhile, Batman is following a path of blood on the floor. Arkham writes that he must confront a dragon, and Batman comes to confront his own dragon, Croc. Arkham writes that he's afraid he is not strong enough to overcome the dragon, and Croc knocks Batman backward. The mushrooms...