Once the second triumvirate has formed, Damian, Nathaniel, and Anita have to cope with the new closeness. A series of glimpses into life on the home front as they make the necessary adjustments.

One morning, Schuldig found he couldn't stop puking. It pissed him off, especially as he hadn't been drinking the night before. Red wine had given him heartburn for weeks, and even the thought of spirits made him -- he dived for the toilet again. He didn't get any sympathy either, just Crawford sneering at the mix of muesli, chocolate and chutney that had seemed so delicious recently, and Nagi running off to sulk just because Schuldig was veering between yelling tearfully at him and giggling over his stash of not-well-hidden porn. Above all, he wished Farfarello would stop calling him "Mary."