-Let $J = s(R_1)$, and $K = s(S_1)$. Because no client can send two messages with the same index, and $i(R_1) = i(S_1) = i(q) + 1$, we know that $J \neq K$.\r
+Let $J$ be the client who sent $R_1$; that is, such that ${id_self}_J = GetMacID(R_1)$, and $K$ be the client who sent $S_1$.\r
+\r
+We know the following three facts: \r
+\r
+\begin{enumerate}\r
+\r
+\item Because no client can send two messages with the same index, and $i(R_1) = i(S_1) = i(q) + 1$, $J \neq K$.\r
+\r
+\item To send a message $p$ that is the parent of some other message, one must have the received the parent of $p$. Since $u$ is the message with smallest sequence number received by any client that violate this lemma, no client receives both a message in $R$ and a message in $S$; therefore, no client sends both a message in $(R_2,...,t)$ and a message in $(S_2,...,u)$.\r
+\r
+\item Since $u$ are the greatest- and least- sequence number messages that violate this lemma, $C$ does not receive any message with sequence number strictly between $i(t)$ and $i(u)$. Because the $s_{last}$ that $C$ stores increases at every message receipt event, $C$ also does not receive any message after $t$ and before $u$ in real time.\r
+\r
+\end{enumerate}\r