Susan Delgado has ridden across The Drop trying to escape her emotions after Hart Thorin dry-humped her. Roland appears saying he followed her as he felt something was wrong. Roland reveals his true identity to her, and Susan ends up losing her virginity to Roland saying to him If you love me, then love me. Roland wakes to find Susan trying to cut her hair as she was instructed to do by Rhea after she loses her virginity. He stops her, hypnotizing her to discover the reason she did it. From this, he discovers that Mearlyn's Grapefruit may have a part to play in the reason.