"The pure hearted puppy" is the title of this chapter's soliloquy, and it's a reference to the tattoo on the back of the puppy's neck. It's an allusion to the fact that the puppy is a puppy, and that the tattoo is a symbol of love. The two men discuss their respective roles in life, and the difference between being an actor and being a tatist. The tatist says that he can't act because he's not good at it, while the actor says that his acting is based on his imagination. The men agree that the director of the play that they're discussing was "really scary" , but the tatist doesn't buy it. He's heard the director yell at the audience earlier in the play, and he thinks that's because the director is too scared to act. He also says that if the tattoo were real, he'd be able to act just as well as the director. He says that even if he were to get the tattoo for real, it wouldn't make him any closer to his role, because he would still be acting based on what he was told to do.