Shoji bolsters on his journey. (SJ-22 1/2)

Venturing out after completing the manufacturing of one complete set of armor and sword, Shoji drags his intrepid group of Beep, Satomi, and Sumika through the Holy land's edge bordering on the Deadlands, up into World's end, and then East into the United Cities lands. After hitting a Stone Mine, he finds that four of his Hiver kin are enslaved. Purchasing them outright, he brings them into the Eastern hive as the newest members, though as three of them have been given the same name, Shoji must visit a plastic surgeon to help them find their own identities.