In the memory scene:
Gulja and several Alchemy Slaves were busy working beside the alchemy furnace, preparing food and drinks for two Blackbone Hermits.
One of the Hermits had bronze-colored skin, was extremely thin and had severely sunken cheeks, without a mask on his face.
The other Hermit wore a black crow mask, and the black alchemy robe he wore was adorned with more patterns. He wore a bone ring with crow wing patterns on his fingers, which indicated a higher status.
"Young Master Raven, I received a message from Hickman Arlington last night," said the maskless Hermit to the man wearing the crow mask: