- Deryn and Newkirk are back on the spine, working with the bats again; below, they see the German machines waiting for the Leviathan to come within range.
- Deryn realizes the whale is adapting to the new Clanker engines, using them to evolve.
- The all-hands-aft signal sounds, and everyone runs to the tail to try to pitch the nose of the ship up.
- She feels the airship become suddenly lighter (goodbye, gold bars), which means it just misses being hit by the German guns.
- The ship flies out of range, and Deryn tells Newkirk the Germans won't be able to catch them now: Clanker engines on Darwinist fabrications are more powerful than either one alone. Ha.