Kutai visited the City of Ar, but the gates were closed, he persuaded a slave to open the gate. The girl Felorana had been captured the nigh before. She had been a free woman, entering a strange city. She wanted Kutai to free her, but since Kutai did not own her, such request made no sense. He suggested her to run over the Desolation of Ar, but warned her for the dangers: sleen, hunger , thirst. The woman did not take the risk to run