When Delilah is about to be traded for porridge, her brother Yadiel bursts in and tries to call the deal off. Fernando, who claims to be her uncle, refuses, says the porridge was already taken and even threatens to make Yadiel "throw it all back up" if he won't decide. Their grandmother backs Fernando, invoking filial duty and starvation to demand Delilah be returned. Yadiel insults the elder for selling her granddaughter and resists. Accusations fly about who supported whom after the famine, and the confrontation ends unresolved, Delilah's fate remaining undecided as family pressure mounts.