The narrator tells us that the dharma lamas have treated the external wounds of the blood moon palace, but that the king still has some way to go before he can recover. The narrator feels that he owes the king something, but he doesn't understand worldly affection. He asks the lama if he's having a bad dream. The lama tells him that he just had a nightmare. He tells the narrator that the reason for the dream was because the king had abandoned him. The prince says that he'll be dead if the prince does not get off him. He says that the prince was born a "venerable beast" and that people have been afraid of him ever since he was born. He adds that he will never abandon the prince, and the prince swears that he won't tell anyone else to do the same. This is a shame, the prince says, because the dream is just a dream. He's sorry that he can't get the prince what he wants, but the prince promises that they'll meet again.