The elder man tells the princess that he's lived with his decision to marry her for ten years, and that he wishes he had taken her hand. He says that if he had, he would've protected her, but he doesn't know where to go. He's never been outside of the village, and he'd guess that they're minute. He asks the princess if she knows where they can go for food and shelter. The princess says that she's not sure, but the elder man says that many politicians have been exiled from the village. They've gone to the third country, settled in a European country, and now they want to go back to the first country. He wonders what they can do if they have no names, no money, and no political ties. They can't cross the border, he says, because the village is so big that they won't even be able to cross it. He also wonders if there are monsters in the other side of the wall, and wonders if they'll figure out a way to escape.