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?
They've been ready for this for a long time,
،كانوا يستعدّون لهذا منذ فترة طويلة
Sie haben sich schon
lange darauf vorbereitet
Estaban preparados desde hacía mucho,
Estaban preparados hace mucho,
Erano sicuramente pronti da molto tempo,
Estão prontos para 
isso há um bom tempo
Они долго ждали подходящего момента,