Our heroes, having killed the mysterious Mothire, head out of town on the road to Barakhat. On the way, they escape an assassination attempt, and capture a prisoner. An interrogation leads to the discovery of a kidnapping plot against Marquail, for leverage against his parents, in a possible power-grab in Dhabiya. Redirecting to Kale Sosis on this new info, the NAB has a surprise in store for them.