The journey up the shaft to the surface was short and hurried. Upon reaching the street through a new-found exit, Clara led Toby and Violet through Soho to where they originally entered the sewer.
She explained along the way that she felt it was time to tell the others. The Winter Freak Show was on the brink of collapse so they agreed it was impossible to keep the truth from its members any longer. Perhaps together, Clara had said, they could come back from this. They were stronger united, and no matter how hard the changelings had worked to drive them apart, someone had to cross the breach of mistrust.
The reindeer were waiting for them at the bent lampposts, their snouts impatiently firing jets of vapour into the night air. She untethered all three then jumped on Prancer, hoisting Toby
