Summary

Outside the room, Laureline and the Suffuss part ways. She asks for information about the Groobos. The Suffuss hesitates, and Laureline bribes him with more aphrodisiac sweets from the Grumpy Transmuter. The Suffuss says the Groobos are large and live in the water. He knows little about them. Laureline finds Diol on her way out with a beautiful woman seated on his lap. Laureline forces him to leave with her. Diol says it is too dangerous to go to the Groobos' area of Point Central.

At one point, they pass a monitor. One of the Shingouz catches Laureline's attention. The Grumpy Transmuter makes more pearls for payment, and the Shingouz tells Laureline about the Groobos. They are a “psychic entity” that communicates through a jellyfish known as a zuur (33). The Shingouz says Laureline can learn about the Groobos if she catches a zuur...