The first time
Connie Furr died, the
razor-
div Sweeney advised
Lindie Asklepa to seek help from
Senior Chaplain Artemin Sandglass of
Elderton University Chaplaincy. When they arrived, Artemin informed
Hugo Dargent and Lindie that he could heal Connie but secretly told Lindie that she must return to settle the debt.
When Lindie returned that evening, the Senior Chaplain gave her a magical lantern to light her pathway on an invisible passageway that took her outside the
City Wall, eventually leading to the
Invisible Moon Temple. There she met Alquanar, who told her she must trade the life of the
Undergazette Editor in exchange for Connie's. Since she lacks the usual aversion towards murder, and since Alquanar was the raddest snake person she had ever met, Lindie needed no convincing to agree to the terms and the deadline: one mooncycle from the current date.
Before leaving, Lindie recorded Alquanar's funerary song on her clockwork snake, Basil's gem.
