Mikhail tells Vanitas what he wants. Noé and Vanitas clash. Details emerge about why Vanitas shuns others and doesn't want them to peer into his memories. Dominique's life is on the razor's edge. Noé says he can't do the one thing Vanitas wants.
and "Noé would've been happier
if Louis had lived instead of me."
Dass es dir doch auch lieber
gewesen wäre, Louis hätte überlebt.
Et que tu aurais été plus heureux
avec Louis qu’avec elle.