While Snuff was off consorting with strange wolves, events continue apace. The Good Doctor’s place burns to the ground, and Snuff and Gray go to investigate.
Bubo tells them something that makes a whole lot of sense: he and the Good Doctor were never in the Game at all. Bubo made up the whole thing to get a little respect from the other companion animals. Which means that not only was there no secret player messing up the divinations, but the mess was actually caused by wrongly including the Good Doctor.
Oh, and the Good Doctor’s creation got away, which is nice. I liked him.