Chapter 841 introduces a new kind of interaction: reflection rather than observation. A descendant of the original Dissonant Note, a being of “furious, beautiful, and utterly unstructured sound,” meets a being of perfect crystalline order from the Listener’s tradition. The lattice-being acts as a perfect, unyielding mirror, showing the chaotic being its song as it truly is: “a series of random, unconnected bursts.” The song of chaos falters. Its furious energy coils inward.