While Sam endures torture, Drake and Diana hold Astrid and Pete captive in a classroom. Diana holds Astrid’s hand to read her, which Astrid suspected she was doing. After Diana leaves, Astrid tells Drake he’s a pawn and being treated like an animal. He doesn’t take the bait, instead calling Pete an offensive term. Astrid explains Pete has autism and likely has a higher-than-normal IQ, but Drake demands she say he has an intellectual disability. When she refuses multiple times, Drake slaps her across the face, then hits her harder and drags her by her hair. Desperate and afraid, Astrid calls Pete a “retard.” Drake laughs and slams her against Pete, forcing her to repeat it. Before she can, Pete teleports them back home.

Meanwhile, Orc and Howard tie Sam up against a workout bench in the weight room. Sam shouts that they know this is wrong. Orc says he’s not the one who will kill Astrid, and Howard argues that the FAYZ is different and they must obey Caine out of fear. They clamp 200 pounds on the bar and leave. Sam struggles to push the weight bar from his throat, biting the Mylar balloons on his hands to use his power.