Chapter Ten Summary

Dodger enters the city's sewer system by the first drain that he encounters. As he makes his way home, he hears the squealing carriage from which Serenity escaped a few nights before. He tries to follow it but is hampered by traffic and a beer truck that parks directly over the drain through which he needs to exit. As he continues home, frustrated but with an eye open for those who might be trying to avoid him, Dodger remembers the time he dressed up as a flower girl in order to teach a lesson to a man who had been sexually tormenting these little children who tried to make their living selling flowers.

As he lets him mind wander, Dodger is surprised when Charlie clamps his hand on his shoulder. They go to a coffeehouse where they are served beer. Charlie...