While searching for missing Milo, searchers find someone tied up in the forbidden zone and free them, triggering alarms. An enraged husband accuses the freed person of releasing his wife's soul and tries to kill them. The accused shrugs off poison—claiming medicinal-wine immunity—and reveals Nina has returned to her body but her soul fragments scattered when the soul-locking pot broke. They offer to gather the seven lost soul strands if spared, warning the fragment will vanish otherwise. The episode ends with the group forced to decide whether to trust this person and race to recover the seven strands before Nina disappears.