Paxma continues his story. We left our fellows scientists at the end of a partially clarifying discussion. Teof got the better of them: they'll all go on a journey with the same destination as his previous solo efforts. They will travel north, up to the Farm, Teof's birthplace. The target has been identified; the purpose of the journey remains mysterious. The friends are informed of the Master's inexorable illness, and their concern has increased, because they know that, once at their destination, they will have to leave him there, whatever his state of health of the moment, and return to Borgo without him. It will be a long journey, with some surprises and further unresolved doubts, forerunners of many heated discussions. Teof's determination will become more and more evident, as will his embarrassment at having to hide at any cost the real reason for that journey. It will be right his determination to lead him to discover the most enigmatic secret that has ever tormented humanity, but that will be another adventure and the subject of the books that will follow.