The swordsman and the songstress meet in the moonlight, and the swordsman tells the songstress that the harvest is horrible because of the number of sound-eaters. He tells her that he is happy to be back in the village, and that his heart feels lighter. He thanks the songstress for the food she has given him, and asks her if she has experience cutting someone elses hair. She tells him that she has never had someone ask to cut her hair, and she says that she will do her best. She asks the songstress if she can touch the arm of the man who saved her, and he says that he hasn't yet healed. She says that after cutting the man's hair and cleaning him up, he is so tattered that she doesn't notice