It's been eighteen years since the end of the war, and now that the war is over, it's time for the old man and his son to get back at each other. The old man says that he'll raise his son "patiently" until he's eighteen years old, and then they'll "let him seek revenge" on him. He's not going to touch him, he says, because it'll make him look "swanky and flexible" . He tells the young man to "grine a dozen catsties of malt" , and to make some "made-for-Caiyan" candied "haws" with "malt candies" as a present for her. He says that if she doesn't slack off, he will "punish you two !" . Three days later, he promises, he won't be able to resist.