Chapter Nineteen: The Trouble with Dogs. The Pedestal. The Graveyard. The Outer Gate.

Summary

• The protagonist and his dog, Radar, are lost in a dangerous city landscape. Radar is excited and full of energy, while the protagonist is anxious and panicked.
• The city seems to morph around them, leading them in circles and eventually the protagonist loses sight of his destination, the palace.
• From the pedestal of a damaged statue, the protagonist spots a swarm of butterflies heading toward a particular location, which he tries to mark in order to follow them.
• After navigating through a park, a series of buildings, and an overgrown garden, the protagonist and Radar come across a cemetery where they witness undead-like hands emerging from the ground.
• Fleeing the cemetery, the protagonist sees ghostly, blue-aura surrounded soldiers known as the night soldiers are chasing them.
• The protagonist reaches the gate leading out of the city, but it opens too slowly. A cart driven by a night soldier tries to ram him, so he sends his dog ahead and tries to face them himself.
• The protagonist is attacked by a night soldier and passes out just as he is about to escape through the closing gate.