Now that the wall has been breached, it's clear that Elmire and her men have no choice but to retreat. Elmire wonders why anyone would choose to die for the sake of a man like himself. She's also worried that the next man will eat her, and she wonders if he'd have killed her if she hadn't become a warrior herself. She also wonders why Elmire would have chosen to save someone like herself, when she wasn't even supposed to be a warrior. She doesn't know why he would have saved someone like her, but she's worried that he's just being a liar. She wonders why he wouldn't just cut Elmire's head off if he had to. She knows that they only have two years before the wall is breached, and they've only got ten years left to learn everything they need to know.