When the doctor arrives, Ching-ying asks to be let out of the room so that he can talk to his mother, who is still unconscious. He tells her that he has come to kill her, but she refuses to listen to him, saying that she wants him to die slowly and painfully, like her mother did 15 years ago. She tells him to eat slowly, and to be careful, because she is afraid that he will choke on her. The doctor agrees to let her go, but he warns her that she is getting older and weaker, and that she will soon be unable to harness the power of the underling