While Clain is on his way home from the junk market, he saves a mystifying girl from peril—but she disappears from his life as quickly as she entered it, leaving only a mysterious pendant behind.

The Granites' land their ship out of range of the Fractale system to make repairs. Clain and Phryne take in an eye-opening view of the effects of Fractale's failing structures after they meet a lone antique collector.

Clain is helpless behind a clear wall as Barrot details Phryne's role in the system, but the priest's demented rant is cut short. As the temple begins to collapse and Nessa starts to fade, the future of Fractale--and all of mankind--lies in Phryne's hands.