It's been a while since we've seen Soekidin, and now he's back on stage. He's got a message for the princess: the baby's coming soon, and it's going to be a lot of fun to play with. He also tells her that she should think of the baby as her own child, and not worry about the fact that she's pregnant. He says that the war has been going on for a long time, and that they've had to hire people like him to do the dirty work. Plus, he says, he got special training while he was away from the master, so now he feels stronger than ever. He tells the princess that she can marry him if she wants, and he says that he and the queen are actually quite popular together. He adds that the current war isn't as bad as it used to be, because now they're all traveling together in a caravan, which means that there's some kind of war going on between them all. The queen and the princess