Loathe as I am to criticise Shakespeare, I'm not sure this play is really all that well-balanced, although I'm not familiar with the text, so I'm not sure how much of it was adaptation.
Neil goes underground to begin planning his fight back against the Fades and as Paul's terrifying visions continue, Neil takes him to see an ancient Fade, who foresees Paul's importance in the looming battle.
Bored with the direction in which his life is heading and still banned from athletics, Curtis decides to use his new gender-swap power so that he can compete again.