Connie Johnson meets Tia Malone in a vegan cafe and listens as Tia excitedly pitches a robbery that would net them fifty thousand pounds each. Tia suggests practical responses to resistance, including killing security guards or threatening families, because Tia wants to show Connie that she can think like a serious criminal. Connie is amused but unimpressed by the scale of the plan, because Connie believes Tia should aim much higher.

Connie reflects on how this mentorship began in Darwell Prison after Ibrahim urged Connie to "give something back" by guiding a younger inmate. Connie chose Tia, whom she knew from prison art class, and found that she genuinely enjoyed mentoring her. Connie thinks back over Tia’s earlier career stealing Rolexes from wealthy tourists with a bicycle gang, and how Tia’s real breakthrough came when Tia realized it was smarter to rob the shop supplying many watches than to steal one watch at a time.

Using Ibrahim’s questioning method, Connie pushes Tia to articulate the deeper lesson for herself. Tia first focuses on tactical limits, saying that in any future robbery she would leave after two minutes even if more valuables remained. Connie makes clear that this is not the real insight, so Tia keeps reasoning through the problem until she reaches the next level: instead of robbing a single Fairhaven jeweller, she should ask where all those jewellers get their Rolexes from.

Once Tia lands on the answer, the scheme expands dramatically. Tia imagines a warehouse near the port supplying multiple shops, which could yield a million pounds instead of a hundred thousand. Connie warns that a warehouse would be harder to rob, but Tia replies that any robbery is hard, so the reward should justify the risk. Connie is delighted by Tia’s ambition and growth, and she agrees to join the plan. Tia immediately starts listing what they need first: a gang they can trust.