- Rinka's sister comes back to work with her baby, and Rinka tells Sadima that she can come in fewer days each week. (Don't worry—she'll still get paid the same because her cheeses have been selling so well. Yippee.)
- Sadima thinks about how she needs to get Franklin to leave with her before Somiss kills him out of anger or overwork.
- She asks Franklin to talk a walk with her on one of her days off, and he pretty much refuses, saying he can't. He's been coming home dirty and tired, and when he strips off his shirt to bathe, Sadima sees large red welts on his back.