The general disquiet about the stoppage of work prompted Ypsi to get back to her shell. She made it look like she was mourning the sudden hiatus of songs and merry dancing at the Italics. In reality, she was fine-tuning her strategy to make the Qopha-Wynsi alliance work. She also kept herself busy by posting anonymous Insectagrams to paint the four Vowels as the villains who had driven the Poet away.