Chapters 56-60, The Invention of Living, Revenant, Victory and Vengeance, The World Remade, If Found Please Return, Epilogue Summary

Chapter 56 begins with Akiva telling his people's legend of where seraphim and chimaera came from. They decided that both of their legends were dark, and they decided to make up their own. Before Madrigal had to return, Akiva asks about her wishbone.

Madrigal remembers how Brimstone instilled in her that she must break the wishbone for something worthy and, with Akiva, she knew that it was. They made a wish over the wishbone, knowing that the real magic in it was hope, and they saw each other every night for the next month. They talk about inventing a new way of living and about trying to change others to...