Recaps

Fan Ning investigated Anton Conall’s death and his father’s hidden past while learning about Knowers, the Migrant Surge, and the Drift Waymarkers. After attending Anton’s funeral, he stayed with Hiran and faced the cost of attempting to become a Knower.

• Fan Ning discovered a message urging him to recreate music, learned that Anton, Vulkan, and Nora had died, and used Für Elise to raise his progress as Hiran listened.
• Fan Ning read Anton’s letter and diary, entered the Works Selection Competition, and stunned the judges with his improvised “Fantasy Impromptu.”
• Fan Ning followed the key to the abandoned Turner Art Gallery, found his father’s hidden files and a papyrus bearing four golden-yellow zigzag lines, then burned the documents and sensed he was being followed.
• Fan Ning visited Lord Viadlin, learned about Knowers and the Migrant Surge, and briefly entered the Surge in a Shared Dream.
• Fan Ning recognized the papyrus as a Drift Waymarker, chose Candle as his first Phase, and secretly kept a waymarker while pretending he had failed to cross the boundary into the Migrant Surge.
• Fan Ning attended Anton’s funeral, asked Qiong to investigate Nora’s last days, and told Hiran to stay with him for her safety.
• Fan Ning played Chopin’s Piano Sonata No. 2 at Anton’s funeral, chose the epitaph “His era will come at last,” and later comforted Hiran as she remembered her father.