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?
The first and second were my way 
of apologizing as a soldier.
الأوّل والثّاني كانا طريقتي في الاعتذار كجنديّ
Mit dem ersten und zweiten Schnitt
habe ich mich als Soldat entschuldigt.
Los primeros dos cortes fueron
para disculparme como soldado.
Los primeros dos cortes fueron
para disculparme como soldado.
Je me suis mutilé deux fois
au nom de l’armée.
I primi due tagli rappresentavano 
le mie scuse di soldato.
A primeira e segunda vez foi meu 
pedido de desculpas como soldado.
Первая и вторая просьбы —
 мои извинения как солдата.