In this short scene, the protagonist laments the fact that he will not be able to go to work on the day that his family was slaughtered by the invading army. He is overcome with grief at the thought of his family's death, and he curses his employer, the reaper. The reaper tells him that he is the last meal he will ever have, and that he should stop threatening customers. The protagonist decides to go work for his father until he learns the truth about what happened to his family.