Heiwu asks if it's a good thing that Yulan is growing up. He says that he feels troubled when he's alone, because he hears whispers of someone else between him and Yulan. He also says that whenever he thinks of Yulan being with another person, he feels angry and uneasy, but he also wishes that person were him. Before he had his growth spurt, he says, he had a dream where someone was leading him up a strange tower