Bereavement

Mitch and Pierce return to ORPHEUS in the aftermath of the disaster in Washington. Mitch realizes that ORPHEUS command does not trust Pierce, and grapples with survivor's guilt. Pierce attempts to retrieve the book he recovered from the Congregation of the Gentle Hand in order to save Kiera, but he severely burns himself in the process. The two ask Tiresias for help, and find out that it was him who scheduled the occult text for incineration for the greater good. Pierce goes off the grid and takes drugs in order to scrape every piece of information he saw during his cursory glimpses through the text. He goes to the Chester Mental Health Center, and he is subsequently attacked by a spider-like creature in extra-dimensional space.
== Episodes ==
=== Bereavement Part I ===
Pierce and Mitch are debriefed in the wake of the disastrous mission in Washington, and Mitch becomes aware of a disquieting, command-level distrust of Pierce within ORPHEUS.
Eager to exhaust all possible avenues to bring Kiera back, Pierce attempts to retrieve the occult text confiscated from the Congregation of the Gentle Hand, with disastrous results...
=== Bereavement Part II ===
Mitch reunites with a newly conscious Pierce to discuss the fate of the arcane text Pierce tried and failed to steal. With no certain way forward, the broken cell turns to Tiresias for aid.
Later, Pierce's single-minded obsession with recovering Kiera from her state of indescribable uncertainty drives him to risk life, limb, and standing with ORPHEUS as he ventures outside of the organization's purview for a final, desperate gambit.
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