The next morning, the Governess runs into her assistant, who is acting in another scene. The Governess asks her if she's feeling well, and the assistant says she is. She says she wants to get close to her lover, and wants him to touch her. She used to avoid looking at men in the eyes, but now she can't do that anymore. She wonders if she has a weakness, or if she plans to handle a kiss scene with the power of her will. She's worried about pacing, though, because she doesn't want to disturb the performance. The assistant says that she'll be fine with it, and that she never wants to kiss anyone, because that's not who she is, after all. She also says that he's a "serious late bloomer" who's been acting well in the past, but he'll never be what people expect him to be. He's never met anyone, and he looks like a carefree, happy guy. The only problem, he says, is that he never opens his heart to anyone, which is why he'd never want to be with anyone. He also says he wants to help his assistant with the kiss scene, because he wants her to be able to do it. The scene is her first, and she'd better be good at it.