- The boys take turns trying to summon things from the stone. Hahp tries, but then is afraid of starting another fight. He hates the wizards for basically turning the boys into animals.
- He wonders if the sole surviving boy will turn out like the flying horses his dad raises, with cold, dead eyes.
- He remembers a time when he'd snuck into the stables to watch a wizard enchanting a horse so that it could be fly. He'd been hiding and eating apples.
- The memory of the apples is so vivid that when Hahp touches the stone, a crate of apples appears.
- There are enough apples for everyone, and the boys begin to take them—but then Somiss appears, calls them fools, and questions whether Hahp means to help them or to keep them weak.