Mart thinks loud. He is not sure of what he is saying but doesn’t want to appear naïve. He says they should find someone that looks like Tirad, put him on a trial and kill him. But the trial should take place in Oxan, since there might be some close disciples and maids who would recognise the imposter. Or they could beat the imposter before the trial so that no one would be able to recognise his face. He waits for Akhgar’s reply to his smart idea. But Akhgar shakes his head in a sorry gesture again. Mart defends his idea saying that they did a similar thing today, trialling the poor girl and throwing her into the water. He assures him that what they did today brought comfort for all the followers and pilgrims.

Akhgar stops him. He says it is not as easy as he thinks. Even the girl was difficult to frame. She had taken coins from them for over a year to poison Hurmaz but she hadn’t done it. She had told Hurmaz everything the first day and at the end, Akhgar had to finish off Hurmaz, something he wanted to do but not with his own hands. Obviously, the blame falls on Mart again. Mart tries to save himself from taking the fall. He says they had done a fine job covering Hurmaz’s death and no one had suspected anything. They could do that again, set up a scene for Tirad’s arrest. He goes on with his thoughts saying that he will send Yuma to Oxan to find a lookalike, arresting him in an exciting way and putting him on trial while people would stone and curse him… Akhgar stops his vicious fantasies.

“Is Lealy still in Oxan?” Akhgar asks and Mart nods in reply. He had seen her after the fire, she was unconsciousness. Her right hand had burnt badly. He says he doesn’t think Lealy could do anything with her hand again. He doesn’t think she would return to the Saviour Ship; she is no use anymore. She should have died in the fire, it would have been easier for her, he thinks to himself, not saying these aloud. Akhgar says this is one of the weak points of Mart’s plan. Tirad will have people in Oxan and on the ships that would recognise him.

“You have to go yourself and bring him in!” he orders Mart. But Mart doesn’t want to accept the responsibility. He raises his voice and defends himself saying this is not possible and who knows where Tirad had run off to on this vast sea. Tirad was not alone. The bald girl and a weird man were with him and they could easily hide him anywhere, they are helping him like they did with the killing of the naval guard.

“The sea is so vast…so big! So many ships! How can I find him? Besides if we go from one ship to another looking for Tirad, it would only make the sea people more scared and nervous!” Mart says with a pleading tone. But Akhgar doesn’t want to hear it. He stops him.