We learn that the band has been looking for a way to get back on the road, and now that they've found a way, they're ready to go. They're bummed out that they won't be able to play their first gig next week, but they'll be back soon enough. The vet tells them that he's sorry, but he also admits that he didn't really want to be a part of the band in the first place. He says that a friend of his in another band told him that his skills are "top notch," but that he always starts fights with other bands when he tries to get into theirs, and his bandmates don't want him to join them either. He's just had enough, he says. He tells the band to get over their self-pity, and says he'll never show his self to them again. He admits that his last band left him a lot of unfinished business, and he'd like to help someone who needs his help. But he doesn't have the money to do so, so he asks the guys to stay away from his house if he wants to carry his cell phone. They agree, and they even went to his house to look for him. They come back for their own sakes, they say, and not to play "buddy" with them or anything. He wants to see the sights of the world from a place "much higher" than they can get to. He comes up with the title for his song, which he calls "a fair wind" . It's a reference to the fact that the wind is pushing them from behind, like it's pushing them out of their hiding place.