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?
No one had ever seen him lying down.
لم يسبق أن رآه أحدٌ مستلقياً
Niemand hat ihn
je schlafen gesehen.
Nadie lo ha visto dormir siquiera.
Nadie lo ha visto dormir siquiera.
personne ne l’a jamais vu dormir.
Nessuno l'ha mai visto dormire.
Dizem que nunca o viram deitado.
Никто ещё не видел его спящим.