The next morning, the narrator wakes up to find himself in the middle of the night. He wants to go to sleep, but the axata tells him that he must wake up to study the curse. The narrator is embarrassed that he has to wake up so early in the morning, but he says that he knows the curse and that he can study it. He tells the narrator to pretend to be a police officer in order to get his trust back. He then gives him his pants and tells him to leave.