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We went to the lake and followed the posse back to the Vistani camp, where Percy suggested that Luvash grant us a day to come back and talk to Bluto. As he was walking away, we overheard him say that Alexei is "not allowed, nor to be trusted, with watch again."

Under the influence of Gale's sweet tunes, Bluto admitted he wasn't bewitched to kill Arabelle, he just had to take care of his family — "a couple of kids" who aren't related to him and don't live with him. He didn't get the idea from anyone, he was just desperate. He said that the fish have only been gone for "maybe a few months" but didn't really know.

We left without taking the whole day because it seemed like Bluto was just slow-witted and very guilty. Luvash's creepy asshole brother made Percy do wisdom save on the way out.

Bell went into the woods to secure his sporebies and Strahd appeared to stroke them a bit and reminisce about that time that he killed them back in the day. He said that he knew we had his "brother's blade" and told us not to assume it was our friend just because it was his enemy, and that he would be watching us closely to see how it "infects" us.