The next morning, the two are alone in the woods, and the hero tells the girl that he's sorry he got so mad the night before. He thanks her for having freed him, and he tells her that he doesn't care what she thinks of him. He's not going to swim with her, he says, because she's just plain crazy. The two talk about the creepy black rider, who seems to know them both. The black rider seems to want to protect the two of them in some way, the hero says, and that's why argocom wants to kill them