It's the day following Jesse's triumph over the Admin, and in a move that rattled all of Beacon Town, their plucky hero extended a hand of friendship to her former adversary and allowed him to recuperate within the city walls, at least for a time before he would inevitably set out for the Underneath to find Xara. Everyone, including the former Admin, must learn to adjust.

Sometimes people aren't chosen for a reason. Sometimes, you can't chalk things up to destiny or fate or something else equally exciting. Sometimes, you're just a human who gets swept up in a journey that you were never supposed to be involved in, and all because - for one, tiny glimmer of a moment - you did something brave. This chronicles the journey of the Reader and Death.