A blood devil from Oast was indeed the source of Farragut’s woes; there was a fair chance it was the one from Jadama Rohn. But the Oastlings had the pool locked down, perhaps forever, and with Troika space opened to trade—the one, immutable deed of Quintilian’s—the Casmarrans and Dromax were able to look elsewhere for food. No one ever needed to approach Oast again, and Section 31 surveillance would ensure no one did.