Nihit survives the marker wound, seeks assault charges, and is revealed as personally invested in the Blood Sultanate.
Medical treatment heals the neck wound Carl inflicts through the signing interface. Nihit nevertheless asks ordinary authorities to prosecute Carl for assault.
His brother is married into The Blood Sultanate and currently participates in faction wars. Nihit subscribes to a small but growing belief that Carl and Donut are apocalyptic antichrist figures, and he wants them out before they can physically threaten the ninth-floor royals.
A healed green-and-purple naga reporter still furious after the convention assault.
Nihit's journalism, prosecution, and faction interest all serve the same effort to stop the crawlers before floor nine.