Summary

In Chapter 67, the Captain gathers everyone together to learn of their progress, but the Lore-master says he can’t make heads or tails out of the runes in his book, so he is punished. The Captain announces they will conduct a test on Caden’s diving bell, even though Caden says it is the wrong kind of bell. In Chapter 68, Caden feels as if he knows the answers to everything and so much share it with the world, such as telling a woman at the supermarket that there is a worm in her heart that she must cast out. Caden’s behavior startles all those around him.

In Chapter 69, the Captain has the bell cast overboard, where it sinks. The Captain calls the test a success in that it has disproven Caden’s theory about how to reach the bottom of the Trench. In...