Rain-soaked Greyveil outside a flooded fish warehouse; gas lamps and the Veil Court tower in fog.

Close on the contract and the fishmonger's anxious hands.

Adrian about to approve the pact; his eye catches the contract's shadow.

Adrian uses his secret sight; a warm memory of his mother's kitchen surfaces.

Clause thirty-seven appears in the shadow.

Adrian questions the fishmonger.

Adrian explains the hidden clause.

Adrian files the fraud report.

Adrian steps into the rain; the price hits him three streets away.

Adrian walks home through fog, the Court tower behind him.

Adrian reaches home; Elara opens the door.

Elara takes Adrian in, fusses over him.

Siblings eat and talk.

Adrian almost tells Elara what happened.

Elara mends Adrian's coat; Adrian watches her.

Adrian writes in his notebook, trying to catch what's missing.

Adrian tries to recall the lost memory; Elara notices his counting.

Elara says goodnight; Adrian hides the cost.

Adrian lies awake, thinking about the power and its price.

Morning; Elara sends Adrian off with bread.

Adrian joins the clerk pool entering the Veil Court.

Adrian at his clerk desk, closing the day's file.