The sheriff tells the princess that she looks like she's lost a fight. He tells her that he's the sheriff of the town where she and her son were rescued. The sheriff says that the boy has run off many times before, and that the weather has made it difficult for him to make it. He's not sure why the boy runs off so often, but it's probably because the weather is bad. He says he'll let the princess know when she needs to eat. He also tells her about the town, which he says was "almost even a town" until a man came along and "turned the town around" . The man was a "lovable old timer" , and he organized the town to blame the man for everything that's happened in town. The old timer is a criminal, the sheriff says, who's been "subverting" the entire town. He asks the princess if she'd be willing to do something to stop it. The princess says that she and the boy are unhappy, but she doesn't know why they have to face the odds.