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Zhang went into a stairwell alone. Carl had asked him whether he was going to take a deal, and he answered that he didn't know.
Li Na remained partied with him, but she hadn't spoken to him at all, and she too went into a stairwell without saying a word.
Role
A departing crawler whose partnership with Li Na has silently broken down.
Relationships
Li Na — Still partied with him, but not speaking to him
Carl — Asked whether he'd take a deal; he didn't know
Taking Deal — Undecided about it as he descends
Earlier in this series
Also appears in books you've already read — spoiler-safe to their endings:
Sources — 17 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 9
- Party leader who brings several of his members into the saferoom to receive officer ranks from Donut.
Chapter 56
- Crawler stationed with Li Jun at the base of the newly-erected clocktower during the assault's final preparations.
Chapter 59
- Crawler who runs aura wire into the Dagda temple alongside Li Jun, feigning interest in the stained glass.
Chapter 60
- Crawler who secures the Club Vanquisher vestibule door open, holding one link of the portal chain.
Chapter 61
- Crawler holding the first vestibule door of Club Vanquisher to keep Li Na's auras running during the escape.
Chapter 62
- Mid-tier crawler roped into the temple battle as cannon fodder and openly nominated to die by the AI.
Chapter 64
- Crawler trapped in the lobby with Katia who survives the escape and shouts defiance at the ceiling.
Chapter 66
- Crawler awarded a celestial cape with a target on the back at Club Vanquisher.
Chapter 67
- Zhang walks the brig detour with Carl wearing a new celestial cape and admits only one prisoner is left.
Chapter 68
- Crawler who waits outside the cell with Li Jun while Carl interrogates the captured naga alone.
Chapter 75
- Crawler caught outside in Shanty Town when Bear Witness struck, and taken with the rest.
Chapter 78
- Li Jun's best friend, named in his final message as the one who must be protected and told he lost their bet.
Chapter 83
- Named by Li Na as one of the crawlers she intends to save next from Carl's chaos.
Chapter 87
- Crawler close to Li Jun, whom Donut fears will blame her but who Carl says will blame himself instead.
Chapter 89
- Grieving crawler who tells Donut she has nothing to apologize for after his best friend Li Jun's death.
Chapter 91
- Zhang is the only one Li Na still answers, and he reports that she says she is hunting.
Chapter 98
- Enters the tenth-floor stairwell alone, unsure whether he'll take a deal, with Li Na silent beside him.