Tirad wants to laugh at the way she talks; she obviously doesn’t truly understand the meaning of her words. Does she know how to spell the word ‘disaster’? He doesn’t know how to react, but controls his laughter. Should he say that there is not going to be any disaster? If he does, he will undermine the Saviour Rules and his own teachings. Should he say that he didn’t kill the snake on purpose? There are no rules for unintentional killing of the animals in the Saviour Rules. Or should he say that he has killed the snake and now they are all awaiting a great punishment. And then, the news of the upcoming rage of the sea would go around. The children would wet their beds at night and look anxiously around to find the first signs of the great disaster. He could tell her that he will cleanse himself from the undesired fault of killing the snake in tomorrow’s Spawn-Scorching ceremony. The fire will purify people from all faults and wrong doings, whether they were done intentionally or not. He has always answered the children the same way explaining the Spawn-Scorching ceremony as the source of all purity, although the ceremony itself has always been a place for challenging questions. But he is too exhausted to explain and argue with the girl.

“It’s not dead…it is still alive. Go and find Lealy,” he says in a soft voice, promising her that Lealy can easily cure the snake. But he is anxious, not only he has killed the snake, he has lied about it too. The girl must have noticed his desperation and she seems more eager to get her answer.

“Why is it not moving then?” she asks. Tirad furiously stands up and leaps over towards the door. The girl is still looking at him intently to get her answer. As Tirad approaches her, she runs away quickly. Tirad watches her leave and stands there in the doorway. He sees Lealy above the staircase hatch at the end of the corridor talking to someone who is on the stairs below the floor. Tirad calls her and watches her stepping towards him with her strong and plump legs. Her long, brown hair covers her large breasts and with each step, they swing slowly from her bust to her naked, stout arms. Tirad bends his head and tries not to look at Lealy walking slowly towards him. Right at that moment, the little girl takes him by surprise as she calls him from behind and hands him a bucket of water and a napkin. He takes the bucket and sends her off to the deck, not allowing her to stay and ask more questions. Leaning on the doorframe, he raises his foot and cleans off the bloodstain from his heels with the napkin.

Healy enters the cabin behind Tirad, and upon seeing the crushed snake, takes the bucket from him, sits and leans over the little, dead body. She soaks the napkin and throws the snake in the bucket and nags as she scoops the floor.