- Gerry wakes to Hip's knife at his throat. *Cue dramatic music!*
- Gerry promises not to hurt him, but Hip says it would be moral for him to kill a monster. He asks if it's true that Gerry can probe his thoughts.
- The prisoner whimpers to be freed. Hip undertakes an ethical act: he removes the blindfold, moves his eyes close to Gerry's, and tells him to go ahead, to read his mind.