The ice emperor tells his sister that he has been killed by the poison, but that she has awakened him with her doltiness. She tells him that he can save her, but she knows that she is always clumsy and that she will always be that clumsy sister. He tells her that his friend left him a letter for her, and that he will not be grateful for curing her poison. He says he has swallowed essence flame, and he will pay for what he has destroyed. The queen will forgive him, he says, and they will go to a place where they must go.