A messenger brings Prince Joseph’s defense blueprint for Blackwind Pass, but another person examines it and warns the plan is riddled with holes that would cost tens of thousands of lives. They decide the blueprint must be changed, yet fear Joseph will accuse theft; access to the study is blocked because the study key is with Prince Ben. Later, a visitor offers "My Lord" wine laced with a sleeping drug and says, "I'll ignore everything you said about proving your innocence." The drug takes effect, leaving the effort to alter the blueprint stalled with the key out of reach.