Sally contemplates her ability to choose her fate, noting that with her brother Elias back she can actually choose whether she wants to rule the Kingdom of Acorn or not. She steps into the Source of All while Elias waits outside and is shown past moments in her life. She sees her mother praying for Sally to live in a world without war. She sees her mentor, Julayla, teaching her as a child that the Mobians and the Overlanders fight because it is natural for the Overlanders to prey on Mobians.