On the Depth Charger, Hunt waits with Baxian and Tharion in a tactical room to be presented to the Ocean Queen, all three tense despite trying to appear controlled. When Sendes announces Her Depthless Majesty, the Ocean Queen enters in a small, unnerving form, orders them to sit, and radiates such power that Hunt realizes she could erase them with a thought.

The Ocean Queen’s presence intensifies as she seems to grow to nearly Hunt’s height, then fixes her attention on Tharion and accuses him of bringing trouble to her doorstep. Tharion faces her wrath, aware his luck has finally run out and that this meeting may decide whether he lives.

Elsewhere, Ruhn reels after learning Lidia has children and accompanies Lidia and Flynn to a school, where Director Kagani addresses Lidia as “Miss Cervos.” Lidia stares through a classroom window at twin boys—one blond, one dark-haired—whose features unmistakably echo Lidia’s when seen up close.

Lidia quietly, fiercely demands to meet her sons, but Director Kagani refuses to pull them from class and urges Lidia to prioritize the twins’ stability and privacy, proposing they speak in Kagani’s office after school. Lidia reluctantly agrees, and Kagani offers to contact the twins’ adoptive parents so they can attend the meeting.

As Lidia steps away, exhaustion and trauma overwhelm her; she faints before Ruhn can catch her. Back in the tactical room, the Ocean Queen lists escalating threats: a massive bounty from the Viper Queen of Lunathion and a demand from the River Queen to return Tharion, with war promised if he is not delivered. Just as the Ocean Queen weighs handing him over, Bryce arrives and warns that doing so would anger a third queen—then declares Tharion serves Bryce.