In this chapter, we learn that ives wants to die with sansa. He tells her that he wishes she were not a member of the "supreme sect" and that if she continued this, he would lose his ability to deliver offspring. He says that he hopes she will be able to survive the hell ahead and that he will be the last one to go. He also says that sometimes, he wishes that he were not one of the sect's members. The sisters discuss how long it will take them to break into the wall. The wall is made of marble, and they cannot drill through it. They need to find a way to escape. They have tried all sorts of herbs to break the iron bars, but they are unable to. They decide to use a corrosive liquid from the grotto to melt the steel.