- Arm is unsure of himself, but the mhondoro gives him courage, and a gust of wind sends him flying and lands him straight on the embassy.
- Meanwhile, the Masks begin their ritual with Tendai. The She Elephant tries to barter with them.
- She tells them stuff like, "Hey, I'll get you a nice goat to sacrifice instead," and, "Come on, don't kill the kid. He's worth more alive."
- But they don't give up. In fact, they tell her that Tendai is a perfect sacrifice since he's the General's son and wears a ndoro.
- Arm shakes himself off and looks inside.
- There, he sees Tendai tied to a chair, with the other tied up close by.
- The mhondoro tells him to shoot the ambassador, but he hesitates.
- Someone wearing the Big-Head mask takes a step toward him and the power of the mhondoro gets weaker and weaker.