This is the sixth episode in the first season of Born to the Blade, an eleven-episode serial from Serial Box. This episode is written by Marie Brennan.

It had all seemed so simple. The alliance and trade deal struck between the sky nations of Rumika and Quloo would enrich one and save the other from certain disaster. Instead, the first convoy of magical aerstone from Rumika has been destroyed, leaving Quloo desperate and everyone pointing fingers. The friendship of Ojo Kante, the warder for Quloo, and Kris Denn, the warder for Rumika, is hanging by a thread. They are scouring the neutral sky city of Twaa-Fei for answers even as their superiors grow seemingly eager for war. And Oda no Michiko, the junior warder for Kakute who is struggling to decide if she should serve her empire or her ancestors, is on the case as well. In a powderkeg where every nation has a motive and pirates and secret factions are rampant, there are too many questions and precious little time to stop the fragile peace from blowing sky high.