The air is thick with smoke and the smell of fermented juice. Jennifer sits in a corner booth. A GOAT (ANIMAL)

The Gale is coming, Iris. And the Wizard isn't ready for the wind. INT. THE POPPY COCK TAVERN - NIGHT

Jennifer touches the locket. The Iris inside glows with a faint, sympathetic light. JENNIFER (V.O.)

The Madame sent word. The green-skinned girl was spotted near Shiz. They’re calling her a freak. (Tracing the rim of her glass)

She opens a small, tarnished silver locket. Inside isn’t a photo, but a pressed Iris flower , preserved in glass. (Whispering)

They call anything they’re afraid of a freak. Did the shipment of Grimmerie pages make it past the Gale Force guards? Half. The rest are at the bottom of the Great Quox River.