Lian Chu chases a dragon. Before killing him, the dragon approaches him and promises that he will come back until his hunter finds a real reason to kill him. As a result, Lian Chu suffers from weakness and nightmares. The fact that Gwizdo stuffed the dragon's head and hung it over the dining table as a trophy doesn't make things any better. Noble Kao suspects it could be the Salamander Syndrome: the salamander dragons don't grow a new tail like lizards, but retrieve severed body parts. One day the dragon head disappeared. This is unsettling, but it gets even more unsettling when the head is suddenly back...