"Harldy" eases the sorrow of the dead, but how does it lead to an attack on the "cat-eared folk" after they helped him once he wanted to help them? He asks them if they want to kill him, and they reply that they do. He tells them that the path to freedom is full of dangers and invites danger, and that he would be dead if he had not helped them. He says that he weighed the pros and cons of joining them, and he concludes that he is a bad liar. He asks what they do after they kill them. The duke, he says, is the man who killed the king, and the duke not meant for them to join the cat-eared people. He wonders if the dog folk will believe his lie, or will they believe the lie spun by the duke, or the duke's former boss, the duke silverfang. He decides that he will deceive the cat folk and lead them to a safer place.