Talia tells her father she's leaving to catch Tristan, while nearby someone mistakes a sound for her and a woman unexpectedly proposes to Tristan. Marquis Valen arrives to oversee the Regal Army and is warned to keep the darksteel mining secret. Talia returns to the camp, gasping, and learns Tristan is now deputy commander with Henry supervising — an opportunity for revenge. Recruits are mustered and an attack drill erupts. The episode's key turn: Talia resolves, "In this life, I'll live as a man," deciding to take back what was hers and join the ranks, leaving the outcome unresolved.