The party reports the Mind Flayer threat, secures two Sky Cycles, and visits Fenwick's eccentric, forgetful uncle.
Still in the sewer lab, Grover bravely peers into the Ilithid gem, receiving a terrifying vision of a chained Fire Elemental being drained of fluid to create the mutagen. The party brings this evidence to Inspector Ironclad, warning him of the massive Cult and Ilithid threat beneath the city. Ironclad agrees to quietly organize a strike force to avoid mass panic. The party then visits Sally Spring, acquiring two Sky Cycles and successfully repairing the broken gearbox on one of them. Finally, they take a ferry to Fenwick's Uncle's floating island, discovering he lives with a sentient tree named Steven and has largely lost his grip on reality and time.
"I am tree. Hello."— Steven the Tree