In the middle of the night, Shum opens the door to his room and finds himself alone with his servant. Shum asks the servant why he is so cold, and the servant replies that he is cold because he has icy skin. The servant tells Shum that he has been instructed by his father not to touch the servant, and Shum tells him that he should restrain himself. He tells the servant that everything in the room looks the same, except for one thing: there is a huge mountain in front of them. He asks Shum what he is looking at, but Shum says that sand has gone into the servant's eyes, not into his throat. He says that his father taught him that sand would not get into his eyes