00:00Aldric was outside my room.
00:02When?
00:04Ten minutes ago.
00:05He wasn't passing through.
00:07He wasn't watching.
00:13Here.
00:15He knew.
00:18Before anyone else.
00:20He's been tracking us from the beginning.
00:25Two hours.
00:26At eight.
00:28At eight.
00:31When you meet them,
00:33lead with who you are now.
00:36The shadow your father left behind.
00:44You're doing fine.
00:46Oh.
00:47I've lived in the walls since I was born.
00:51Mirashen raised me.
00:55Kala.
00:57What my father did to her,
00:59I am profoundly sorry.
01:01I know you're not him.
01:02I've been watching you.
01:05For years.
01:08What do you need?
01:10A room with a window.
01:14Done.
01:15Today.
01:16Whatever room you choose,
01:17take her to Mirashen.
01:20I need to thank the woman who saved my sister.
01:25Aldric used the passages.
01:27For years I watched him.
01:28He always knew exactly where nobody was looking.
01:31I'll handle it.
01:36What you said this morning about my father stayed with me more than I expected.
01:44I kept thinking about whether every decision I've made was leadership or fear of becoming him.
01:52And?
01:54I think I'm still figuring that out.
01:57Most people spend their entire lives figuring it out.
02:01Aldric.
02:13About time.
02:19You're being detained pending investigation into unauthorized movement, concealment of evidence,
02:25and violations of Pax security.
02:27The hammer falls.
02:29The human girl.
02:30Remarkable.
02:31Most people look at what's directly in front of them.
02:33She looks at what's missing.
02:35Protect that quality.
02:46I suppose we're beyond denials.
02:52Yes.
02:54I serve another Alpha Drevon.
02:56How long?
02:58Long enough that I stopped counting.
03:00I was placed here before Kale inherited leadership.
03:03Deep cover.
03:04Why now?
03:07Because Drevon is moving.
03:08His forces are already on the road.
03:10Two days.
03:11Less.
03:15If they travel without stopping,
03:17they aren't coming for territory.
03:20They're coming for the vessel.
03:22And for your sister.
03:25Nell!
03:26Hidden bloodlines are valuable.
03:29Drevon knows she exists.
03:32You protected her.
03:33Not at first.
03:35At first I simply looked away.
03:37Then I found something.
03:40Kala left this.
03:46I duffed Kala.
03:50Protecting Nell was the only decent thing I ever managed.
03:55The ceremony moves up.
03:58Sarah.
04:00Two days changes everything.
04:03If Iron Maul wants the vessel,
04:05we remove uncertainty before they arrive.
04:08That's a massive risk.
04:10So is waiting.
04:11I need something from you.
04:13What?
04:15Absolute trust.
04:16Let me question him alone.
04:17No rank.
04:20No interruptions.
04:22Done.
04:23You've convinced the Alpha remarkably quickly.
04:27I convinced him to trust evidence.
04:29Now let's make a deal.
04:31Protection for cooperation.
04:36You're very much like your mother, I suspect.
04:41I wouldn't know.
04:45Then, take it.
04:50I've carried enough ghosts.
04:56Something is wrong.
05:00The pattern doesn't fit.
05:03No.
05:12Kaelryn Aldric wasn't alone.
05:14The second Iron Maul mole is still here.
05:22Aldric never passed the South Junction.
05:26Every documented movement stops here.
05:32Which means someone else continued deeper into the corridor systems.
05:37A second operative.
05:40Still active.
05:44Zara moves tonight.
05:46The East Wing.
05:49Under direct protection.
05:52We should ask Nell.
05:53She lived in those passages her entire life.
05:56She might recognize footsteps or voices.
06:02Ask gently.
06:04She spent 18 years surviving by listening.
06:09I don't want her feeling like an intelligence asset.
06:12Five hours.
06:13After becoming part of this family.
06:17Understood.
06:18Gently.
06:19There's one more thing.
06:21I don't like that tone.
06:23I made a deal with Aldric.
06:25What kind of deal?
06:27Immunity.
06:28You what?
06:31For Kala's death.
06:33In exchange for immediate intelligence.
06:35About Iron Maul.
06:38You promised immunity from trial.
06:41Without consulting me?
06:43Yes.
06:45You gave me your trust.
06:47Absolute trust.
06:48No interruptions.
06:49Using his own promise against him.
06:52Trust does not mean rewriting pact justice.
06:54No.
06:55It means acting quickly enough to save people who are still alive.
07:01If Aldric believed he faced execution, he would have stalled.
07:05And Nell would still be a target.
07:09I hate this.
07:12I know.
07:14I hate that you're right.
07:16The agreement stands.
07:17Aldric keeps his immunity.
07:29I hate this.
07:34I hate that you're right.
07:37I cannot decide her worth.
07:39She wanted me to choose.
07:41Yes, I think she wanted that more than anything.
07:45I don't know what I'm supposed to do.
07:47Good.
07:48Because nobody else gets to decide that for you anymore.
07:51You have a room.
07:53A window.
07:54People who know your name.
08:00You've spent your whole life surviving.
08:04Now you get to figure out who you are.
08:33Secondary placement.
08:38What happened?
08:40The south junction.
08:46The hidden entrance was used recently.
08:51Seal both ends of the south passage.
08:53Nobody enters.
08:55Lock down Alrun.
08:56Oh, we...
08:57Movement through the east wing.
09:00The central junction, the south and east passages connect.
09:03Not at the main corridor.
09:05Underneath it.
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