The next morning, the two men go to the flood gates to open them, but they're too late to do so. They apologize for their lateness, and the two ogres explain that the only thing they can do is "power through life" . The only thing that can kill them is if they bleed, which is why they can't move. They're lucky that they've got a hypodermis , which means that they don't have a lot of casualties. They also point out that it's impossible to heal a wound that's been so long that it hasn't healed yet. The dead are brought back to live, but the wounded are still alive. The two men talk about auras, and how they can use them to heal people. They talk about how hollow auras are for healing people, and then they talk about the tags on the men's clothes, which are supposed to be a sign of a new start in life. The men drink a lot, and it seems that they were able to control the scene. They know that there was someone else in the room with them, and they have the exact bundle of evidence from the other room.