The next morning, Diomedes wakes up with a fever. He's not sure what's wrong, but he's worried that he'll infect himself with the disease. He tells his wife that he wants to have sex with her, but that he doesn't want her to infect him. She tells him that she's already had sex with him before, and that he should just stop. She also says that he reminds her of the time they were younger, when she was "stubborn and headstrong" , and she didn't "change much" . She says that she still enjoys bullying him, even though she is sick. She asks him if he just confessed his feelings for her, and he replies that he did. He says that if he hadn't been sick, he'd have loved her right away, and if not for his illness, he wouldn't have been able to love her now. He also tells her that if she were to leave him now, she'd be a threat to him, and the two of them would have to work together to get her out of the way of the trap they've set for her