The monster tells Nemo that he has to tell the boy to leave the lake because he's being hunted by "bad guys" and "demons" . He also tells the boy not to tell anyone that they're friends, because "only friends would have this kind of secret" , and that he can play with the boy until his fin heals. The kid at the hotel is sickly, and the boy's family will get a lot of money from the sale of the hotel. The monster says that he won't get sick from the bite, but he'll still look like a fish if they cut the kid's head off. The boy says that they should get rid of the baby, because the monster will look more "like a fish" if they do that. He says that the baby will be fine, but that the boy will look a bit more like the monster should they cut him off. They'll be rich, the boy says, and they'll have to see the monster at night, except for his "shining tail." The boy promises to stay with the monster forever, even if they have to live in a "hallucinatory" world.