 Xar tries to interrogate Samah about the Seventh Gate, but Samah just says they "sent it away", which makes no sense to Xar.He leaves Sang-drax to torture Samah and goes to talk to Zifnab.He discovers that Zifnab is actually one of the dissenting Sartan who refused to go along with Samah's plan; he was among the mensch on Earth during the Sundering, and was the first of either race to escape the Labyrinth.