In this scene, the snake tells the man who has just bought his clothes that he was bought by the merchant snake. The merchant snake is a special man who sells goods to the snake people. The man who bought the clothes says that he has brought the woman to be sold in Benibana. The snake says that if the man refuses to sell him the clothes, he will starve to death. He says that the mark of tract con will not disappear until the man pays him back for the goods he has just sold him.