Aella invites the wasteland Lord to bathe, then tends to a wound on his arm despite his initial resistance. He acknowledges their mutual history of mistrust but vows to use his power to bring her mother to the wasteland, claiming it as their rightful home. He warns her that his commitment is absolute and predatory. Aella, revealing she came with her own purpose, challenges him to show his true nature, accepting the dangerous intensity of his claim.