Garron's elaborate deception of Graff Vynda-K and Sholakh using the scringe stone fiction unravels as the Doctor exposes its inconsistencies

Garron orchestrates a negotiation over the blue jethrik stone’s value in the relic room, feigning ignorance while subtly probing Graff Vynda-K’s awareness. Unstoffe interrupts in the guise of a Shrieve, …

After Unstoffe departs from the relic room with his fabricated tale about the lost mine and frozen father whose pocket held the priceless jethrik, the Doctor and Romana approach Garron. …