Valdis' interest in the fire easily redirects to the man who sounds like he walked out of a Shakespeare play. Her partner clearly cannot be bothered to listen to the man's monologue, but as soon as the gentleman points him in the direction of the Kin'nal, she can clearly see what occurred. Her partner, however, seems uninterested in them and more interested in what is in the bag and the person he feels he caught red-handed.

"Deran," she says, "I think we have more important matters on our hands than this elderly gentleman. I don't think he looks like a criminal, do you?"

Deran looks at her, then back to Chade, and back to her again. She offers a knowing smile.

"You know I can sense a lie," she adds, her tone smooth despite the chaos going on around them. "If he says it was them, it was them."