Merakesh is jumped by three thugs

Military: Skirmish

Merakesh is followed by Tinatoa and is attacked in a familiar alley.

After being chased by one, and then falling from the building roof, Merakesh wakes to visions of Balthazar telling him to get up. But when Merakesh gets up, he realises it was his imagination.   The remaining two thugs attack him and they are killed after beating him up with the switch blade and brass knuckles.   Merakesh finds the crecsent moon pendant and realsies he is in the alley is behind the temple were he kille Ariuk and where Balthazar was blended with the Celestial.   He discovers that he had accidently killed a young man from the temple.    He is still drunk and very emotional over the whole ordeal. He stumbles off to the Lace and Locket to avoid seeing anyone.