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?
Apologizing to someone when 
you've tied them up in ropes
الاعتذار من شخصٍ أثناء تقييده بالحبال
Sich bei einer Gefangenen
zu entschuldigen,
Disculparte con alguien
que se encuentra atado
Disculparte con alguien
que se encuentra atado
Si je m’excuse à une prisonnière,
Fare le proprie scuse a qualcuno 
mentre quello è ancora legato
Pedir desculpas a uma 
pessoa que está amarrada
Извинятся перед связанным человеком —
 лишь угрожать ему лишний раз.