Motif · Book 8, A Parade of Horribles

I have dreamed thee too long / Half a prayer, half a song

The two-part quest to reunite Dong with Corky and then Corky with Porky by a fleshmancer's hand: won upside down in the racing truck seconds before Dong's death, for two stand-ins in the arena. 'Do you know how difficult I had to make that quest before it would let me slot this prize?'

Segment appearances

• Chapter 13 — Lady Dominators; Corcunda; a quest
• Chapter 24 — Akuma's note; half a prayer, half a song; the sock
• Chapter 54 — Grigori the Placid; Zhang's only way
• Chapter 67 — Half a prayer, half a song; one flower

Progression

Part one 'a freebie' (ch. 13); part two (ch. 24); Porky found (ch. 58); the GTO leaves early; during the race, then (ch. 59); Corky aboard (ch. 64); one name (ch. 65); 'my flabbers are gasted' (ch. 67).