A woman pleads for an opportunity with Mr. Payne and is grabbed amid accusations, but Alpha Eric refuses to expel her despite David's objections and orders David to show her around. She's assigned to cook and prepares steaks, short ribs and lamb—Noel's favorites—while the household reminds each other of full-moon rules banning alcohol and bloody meat. Her dishes win approval, and she asks to take leftovers for her four-year-old son. Mr. Payne, surprised she's unmarried, trails off: "If we go by the timeline, does that mean..."