The Sinack have been subdued, but the Imperial Army finds that it's been caught in a trap!  A huge army from the Aldera nation has crossed the supposedly-impassable northern mountains, and threatens to overwhelm the exhausted Imperial forces.  Ikta's only way out is to force a peace treaty with the Sinack and ask for their help, which means going to their defeated leader and abasing himself.  Will she respond to his pleas, after the Imperials burned her village and killed her people?  How far is he willing to go earn her forgiveness?
I cut off my pinky without hesitation
قطعتُ خنصري دون تردّد
Ich habe meinen
kleinen Finger verstümmelt,
Me corté el meñique sin siquiera dudarlo
Me corté el meñique sin siquiera dudarlo
Je n’aurais pas pu
couper mon doigt sans hésiter
Beh, se tu non fossi diventata 
la donna splendida che sei
Eu cortei meu dedo sem hesitar
А я без колебаний отрезал мизинец,