I love this little psuedo-drabble. It serves like a semicolon, creating a break between part 10 and 12, but using that break in order to make the transition feel more natural. The shift in gears comes at what would otherwise seem like an odd time. As a reader I've gotten used to them being on the go by this point, so the idea of them getting somewhere creates a dynamic shift that I think could have been problematic if Breakdown hadn't served to prepare me in advance.

Pseudo-drabble. Heh.

I like it, too. I think it does create a little space for the rest of the story. As we saw in "Cheating the God of Fire," they have been broken down by the events they've been witness to, and that in no small part the rest of the story is about how that plays out for them personally and professionally.