Suriyawong dismisses the notion that a recent event was a rescue operation, sarcastically suggesting it resembled target practice instead. He emphasizes that the situation was more about manipulating relationships, offering transportation to a guest of the Hegemon while also metaphorically lending a knife, symbolizing trust or betrayal. Achilles, confused and hurt, questions Suriyawong's intentions after discovering a bloody knife, suspecting it was meant for him.
Achilles confronts Suriyawong about his dangerous...