Avery and Jared meet with Indira and Nigel. They reveal to Nigel that the Tigris Project wasn’t theoretical; it actually happened. Nigel is shocked. Avery and Jared demand that Indira and Nigel provide affidavits confirming that the documents compiled by Betty are valid (including the paperwork that proves the US government illegally funded Hygeia’s work). Nigel and Indira agree to cooperate if they are freed of blame. Nigel says: “Indira will locate sufficient information to support your theory without admitting to any wrongdoing by Hygeia, beyond the heinous research that preceded her tenure” (333). Nigel also demands that the video/photo evidence of the experiment disappear. Avery does not like to let Nigel and Indira off the hook but agrees. As a consolation, Indira tells Avery she will reauthorize Advar’s research into the antidote to the drug Justice Wynn took, referred to as “Sleeping Beauty.” This may be the only way to revive him.

Noah submits a legal complaint to the courts: Howard Jefferson Wynn v. The United States of America. The lawsuit is part of Avery’s plan: After resigning Justice Wynn’s Supreme Court seat on the judge’s behalf, she is now initiating a lawsuit, also on the judge’s behalf, that disputes the resignation and demands he be reinstated.