Janu visits the hair salon on a weekend to find Nirima hanging out outside the closed building. The conversation begins with lighthearted bickering regarding their mutual personalities, with Nirima mocking Janu’s "old man" demeanor and his penchant for maintaining rigid routines.
The interaction shifts to a deeper discussion when they revisit a poem Janu wrote for class early in the school year. Janu challenges Nirima to perform a critical analysis of the work; she provides a surprisingly insightful interpretation, describing the poem as a commentary on the dynamics of naivety, control, and the manipulation of the masses by a "shepherd" figure.
As the conversation continues, Nirima presses Janu for answers regarding the sudden and inexplicable romantic obsession that another student, D’vala, has developed for him. She suspects that Janu is concealing the truth or manipulating the situation, citing her own sense of "duty of care" over their classmates. Janu maintains his innocence, insisting that he does not fully understand D’vala’s infatuation himself. While skeptical, Nirima chooses to drop the subject. The event concludes with a moment of relative rapport; Nirima encourages Janu to return to his creative writing, and they part ways as Nirima reverts to her casual, slang-heavy persona.