When Asad is taking home the fish with his friend, various people on the street ask if he has caught it and he angrily tells them that he has not.

His friend suggests that he should lie but Asad says that if he does he will be cursed forever and won't catch anything.

The next day Asad goes out to the sea to meet with Erasto for a fishing trip and sees the old man injured by the boat.

Asad goes to see what happened and finds Laban, his friends, and the woman who had the boat all dead.

He begins to inspect another room and finds a Persian cat, which he brings back to Erasto.