In this short scene, the two young men meet up on the road. They're both drunk, and the narrator tells them that they're going to meet up again soon. The narrator says that he's never thought they'd be so close, and that he hopes they'll meet up soon. He tells the two men that he doesn't think they can ever be so far apart, and they agree that they should meet up. The two men talk about the future, and how the narrator wants to find a village to live in, buy land, and start a business. They both agree that the future will be a good one, because the narrator will be able to rule the world like the novel says he will. But the narrator still wishes that he could walk on his own. He says that if he were to die, he'd need to be