At the Shiny Mug, Esther meets with Lieutenant Shimei, who fills her in on some Temple news. Their meeting is interrupted as another guard comes in with word that someone has tried to assassinate Arch Inquisitor Moffat. At the Temple, they locate Leeta, who has been accused of the crime, and question her … while Moffat slips away from the Temple with "Rosebud" in his custody