Just barely but once again standing on his own two feet, Sam is cleaning up his act, looking for work and a place to live. But he can't stop thinking about the shooter, the 19-year-old who murdered his four friends and twenty others. Neither can the Blue Flame, who decides to try something different in court after his failure to find any divine cosmic help for humanity's defense. As Sam digs deeper into the past of his would-be killer, the Blue Flame discoveres a way to call the deceased shooter as an unexpected witness.