At a family meal Marshal Xavier recoils when an unfamiliar woman arrives, drawing Commander Zane and Mrs. Xavier into a confrontation. The woman greets them, claims to know them "more than that," but refuses to explain why she's here, insisting only that "outsiders know who they are." Zane is a friend and in-law to the family, but tension spikes when someone notices the woman wears an identical jade pendant to a unique Xavier heirloom that's been in the family 400 years. She keeps silent; the episode closes with someone threatening, "If you don't talk, I'll shoot you dead!"