Yodhblakat Sandhya pays a visit to Envoy, to the consternation of a Yodhinala acolyte and the guards. The Yodhblakat teeters dangerously on the verge of ruining the magical sand circle used by a Yodhsunala to effect healing in Envoy … but instead decides to make a game of it. She presents Envoy with a "puzzle", which Envoy solves to her satisfaction. At the protest of the Yodhinala, Sandhya presents her with a puzzle, then when the Yodhinala "loses", she smashes one of the statues in the room. Sandhya then lets Envoy pose a puzzle. Sandhya does not guess correctly, but it pleased by Envoy's solution, and thus grants Envoy that she may ask of her three questions.

Of these questions, Envoy asks what Blakat envies most about Inala, then asks how she might serve Blakat (although not being a fighter), and lastly asks Sandhya what message she would like to have conveyed to Blakat (presuming that Envoy were capable of doing so).