Theremon interviews Folimun

Theremon visits the headquarters of the Apostles of Flame to interview Mondior 71, but is instead met by Folimun 66, the organization's public-relations adjutant. Folimun explains the Apostles' core belief: that the world is periodically destroyed by fire from the Stars at the end of a 2,049-year 'Year of Godliness.' He predicts the next cataclysm will occur on Theptar 19 of the following year. Theremon is skeptical but intrigued by Folimun's intelligence and sincerity.