After a long search, Alpi and the Soul Senders have managed to locate the body of the great spirit serpent, and are ready to perform the valediction to ease its passing to the next world! However, someone seems intent on stopping them, destroying everything they create to help it move on. Meanwhile Alpi's most trusted ally Perenai must grapple with his own dark secret... perhaps the Soul Sender doesn't truly know her closest friend at all...