Inric, closest to the patterner wagon, is the first to notice the smoke, but it doesn't take long for others in the camp to see there is a problem. Nectan pauses from chasing the patterner, who is haring off into the dark for some reason, to look back in shock when the whisper of "fire!" sweeps past him. Above the camp, Anvar glares at the wagon in fury. "He said no fire!" he protests, then starts down the slope. "You, stay here," he tells Copper, but the bookwyrm ignores the instruction.