Memories resurface and a woman confronts a man who once promised 'no one could hurt me.' She removes the mark and demands whether his loyalty holds now it's gone. She recalls their vow at sixteen — he would be a great lord, she his strongest knight — then exposes his abuse: as ruler he used Mental Power to torture people. She was forced to kneel outside the palace, listening to screams for six hours while he called it a lesson in loyalty. The episode ends with her decision still hanging.