Just like the others, Mel noticed the situation; recalling the skirmish he observed from the slope of the hill that nocturne, he saw that three of the First Ward disciples were absent. No matter how intensely he searched for the two individuals who endured the inaugural assault and delivered the final blow to the leader of the wild beast horde, he failed to unearth them.
Though Baybars had not recounted to him what might transpire upon ascending to the Arena of Existence, Mel—having weathered a comparable ordeal—pivoted his gaze toward the table of the Twentieth Ward, beholding three nascent disciples sitting in a corner severed from the rest.
