Lyta appears to be concentrating when Bester comes upon her on the bridge. He wants to know how she can block him. She is obligated to tell the Corps, he says. Her refusal is met by a threat to reveal something she wants kept secret. Bester is unimpressed by his first sight of Z'ha'dum.
Sensors indicate that an evacuation of the planet is underway.
The evacuees, allies of the Shadows, are just leaving the local jump gate, and the planet appears to be completely dead. Sheridan orders an immediate about face. His instinct is correct as a moment later the planet explodes. No one can rob the Shadows' grave now. Bester is enraged but Lyta surreptitiously grins.