Julian is caught by his parents eating meat while they dig roots and wild vegetables. They demand he hand over the food, call him unfilial and say he still owes them despite being driven out. The quarrel escalates when an older woman grabs a child and someone threatens, "touch my child again and see if I do not beat you to death." Corey watches. The fight shifts after someone detects a lost embroidery technique on the cloth that wrapped Julian when found, valuing it at 200 gold. Then: "If you want the meat, it's not impossible. But one condition."