Det är lite ojämförligt, men Travnicek visas med ett meddelande om uppsägning:
“Goddamn the woman!” Travnicek said. His hand, which was holding a letter, trembled with rage. “I’ve been evicted!” He brandished the letter.
Senare visas natgänget att stjäla från en flygel:
It had been easy. While Flush and Sweat pretended to have a fight on the pavement in front of the moving van, Ricky and Loco had simply walked up to the van, liberated a pair of boxes apiece, and walked off into the street. The tall geezer who was moving hadn’t even noticed that some boxes were missing. Ricky patted himself on the back for the idea.
They didn’t get opportunities like this very often anymore. Nat turf was getting smaller. Joker gangs like the Demon Princes were swallowing more territory. How the hell could you fight something that looked like a squid?
Det förklaras aldrig direkt, men läsaren lämnas för att dra slutsatsen att rörelsevägen var Travniceks eftersom gänget hittar ModMans minnesband samt singularitets-shifter.
Jag tror att författaren lämnade denna vaga för att bryta "kedjan av vårdnad", för att visa att ingen kunde koppla singularity-shifter till Travnicek.