He heard the full story from Pier. After Simon had taken the attack meant for Erzebet and lost consciousness, Pier and Erzebet had formed a temporary alliance to face their common enemy. By joining forces, they had captured the priest. According to Pier, it was a very anticlimactic battle. “Let her down for now,” Simon ordered. Simon decided to hear her out. The priest, lowered from the ceiling just before she could suffocate in the campfire smoke, knelt on the ground, still tightly bound in spiderwebs.