After Randall had a big fight with his best friend, a friend whose betrayal had left him so upset he won't even say his friend's name or let his companions, Marta, Michael, or Lois mention him, he starts to fear that he is becoming the bloodthirsty monster he has always feared he might become-truly the son of Curtis his murdering father. He finds that he can only contain this beast, or at least the fear that he is becoming this beast, by putting on the muzzle he took from the slavers who wanted to enslave him years earlier.

When someone burns down Harley's home, Samuel, Harley's Stag champion, insists that Randall step outside of his comfort zone and track the arsonists. Randall finds himself alone in the woods with the stag, in pursuit of one monster while worrying that he might be an even bigger monster.