Aunt Juuri and her grandfather are gone, and the narrator wonders if they are fighting the Cardinal right now. He wonders if the herald is watching them, and wonders if it is the same herald who is watching the fight. The narrator decides to throw the Cardinal's body at his father's feet, and then stick the corpse to him. He tells the narrator that the Cardinal is not strong enough to block the blows, and that he will lose his strength if the Cardinal grabs him. When the narrator realizes that the hard ware is still human, he decides to run and kill the Cardinal.