It's dark outside, and the narrator can't see where he's going. He tells himself that he'll get lucky and unlucky, but that he has to remind himself to not blame himself for his bad luck. The narrator tells us that he doesn't want to be a part of the dog-eared folk, because they're not like him. The elder gave orders not to apprehend anyone first, but even given his age, they don't say it. He's like a relative, he says, and they became friends when he took her in, soaking wet, and didn't have a place to stay. He asks if this place has general rules on treating kind people, and she says no. He says that he shouldn't be cuffing a good person, but the elder did give orders to apprehend everyone, and that's why he was apprehended. He also says that the elder gave him orders to bind the princess' hands, and he says that this is a binding ritual, but since the princess is not a magic-user, it won't bind her hands. He then says that any dog-related spirits are likely evil spirits, because their knowledge may be useful, but they'll be bound to "simple flesh and blood" . Finally, the narrator says, "Oh, my poor princess, because you have been with these dogs since childhood, you've not received proper education ." The narrator says that she's too late to notice that they all got up at the crack of dawn.