Toji and Dharma at Shimoni Dhato:
Toji returns from the Misty Library and debriefs with Bhaga and Neila. He explains the vision he had about Jyoti escaping with the reliquary and transcribing Tribhuvan's journals. Toji asks Bozan about how worried the Fire Nation commander is about his family, and although Bozan notes he'd worry more if they were outside the capital nearer the warzone, Bozan agrees to Toji's help to move the family to Shu Jing island to be better monitored by Nue and Fire Iron Tech.
Dharma returns with Wu Hana and explains the situation with Zato the Unyielding (tl,dr: we wait). He goes to check on the Embers with Jang Tae, who is eager to strike out against Shan's camp again. Dharma foolheartedly accepts Jang Tae's request and approves their going out to the north-west.
Toji confronts Dharma about leaving the camp alone (discounting Bhaga's protection). Toji aquiesces that they knew Wu Hana's sly nature when they recruited her, and he takes Dharma's mention of sending the Empers to Shan's camp surprisingly well.
Toji drafts a letter to Nue but later thinks he may be further putting Bozan's family in jeopardy. He's even further troubled by the deal neogitated with Gyara for her support in moving supplies and keeping her on retainer for the camp.
Toji later has dinner with Dharma, in order to confide in his closest friend that he still wants to take a more active role in pushing back the Fire Nation. He ntoes that leading the Embers is not his strongest skill and he's more easily a coordinator. Dharma agrees the camp's efficiency is suffering and wonders if it's due to the different leads and objectives, although he commends Toji's clarity of the endgoal and vision.
Moshi and Shizaku at the Merchants' Pier:
Moshi and Shizaku look for help with Fort Daoten. They have little success fishing for rumors, but eventually get wind of an Earth Kingdom sailor named Captain Mara. At first Mara seems askance about the goings-on of Daoten, but Moshi flexes his connections as a Seeker for the Misty Library and that he may be able to help Mara obtain goods if Mara can get an in on finding information and manifests going to Daoten.
A bribe of Spider-Bat Venom cognac and all seems well while the duo (and Joji) wait for Gyara to pick them up. They manage to obtain some Earth Kingdom goods to bring back to Shu Jing (as payment to the military who supported their exit), and Nue informs Shizaku that Toji has offered jobs to Bozan's family. Shizaku admits them access to the facility.
Everyone's Home Again:
Shizaku, now with a supply chain in the works, begins drafting production of more Honey Cannons. Toji debriefs his companions about his adventure in the Library, and that more information on the Place Beyond the Clouds could be found in Daoten. This gives Moshi a chance to brief about Captain Mara's involvement.
Shizaku absolves his guilt by allowing Toji control of Gyara's contract, to which the Fire Nation trooper is better suited, and convinces Gyara that her skills would be better used helping the community at large rather than just her whims. This changes her outlook for the time being to be more supportive.
All is interrupted, however, when Chuko arrives, battered and bruised, and announces the Embers have been bested by Captain Shan and captured!
