Chapters 25-27 Summary

Dirk quickly finds that matters are much worse than he realized. All the bars are closed, and the only place he can find some cigarettes is a convenience store which has just been held up. The attendant has a minor gunshot wound, and Dirk can hardly believe that the man uses this as an excuse not to sell him cigarettes. Dirk wanders over to King's Cross Train Station, which is a very dangerous, sleazy area. The waiting room is packed with homeless people, and a kind bum gives Dirk a few cigarettes. He notices Dirks bleeding hand, and when Dirk says that it is from an eagle, the man suggests the same ingredients for the wound that Thor demanded of Kate. Dirk comments that it seems almost as though something is about to happen. In small groups, people start leaving the...