The narrator and his friends discuss the town of Falada. They wonder if they should have thought more about the princess's sacrifice. They also wonder if the town has been abandoned. The narrator says that he will not allow the town to disappear from his sight. He says that the four girls who have been murdered in the town have been replaced by a new generation of girls. He feels that the town is in danger of flooding in three years. He tells his friends to take a look at the rising water.