The next morning, the lieutenant tells his superiors that he's a "man of medio-crity" . He's got the ability to "tell the maiorities of people" , he says, because he can relate to the suffering of the people around him. The lieutenant says that if the people of the empire don't believe him, then he'll have proof that they're traitors. He also says that the photos were compiled by the traitors, and that they were presented to the emperor. He says that he plans to catch the spy and have him executed if that's what he does. He tells the lieutenant that he and the other defectors are going to divide up the troops into two groups, one that will be loyal to the empire and one that won't. He asks the lieutenant if he can stay in the city, and the lieutenant says yes. He then says that it's time for the lieutenant to "go on and bare his heart" and admit that he has been plotting against the empire for a long time. He compares the lieutenant's actions to the "seeds of worry" that have been planted in the soil of his empire, and says that this is the kind of man the lieutenant is.