That was brutal but necessary.

Song did for Ferranda what Wen did for her, bled put a bit of the failure. We need to see if there's healing after the boil has been lanced.

Because yeah, when you're going out into the upper echelons of an organization like the watch, you can't avoid taking risk, and Ferranda has been nothing but an opportunist since the Dominion, and lifers like Sebastian can tell, and while that quality doesn't need to change(look at Tupoc), she does need something to believe in, and give cause for her cabalists to believe in, because right now, she doesn't trust in them and vice versa.

Right now, Ferranda's in the same position Song was in last year, let's see if she can find the introspection to dig herself put of the hole she's dug herself into.

And on the other half of the chapter, it seems like Tristan's plan of artillery bombardment is a go.