a number of scenes then follow whose exact sequence is unclear. odd goes to visit his mother at the retirement home, which only makes him more unhappy: his mother is senile and spends her days staring emptily out the window, and the visit reminds him of his own impending old age. while odd is at a restaurant, police come in and arrest the cook. at the shop where he normally buys his pipe tobacco, he learns that the owner has died. he decides to sell his boat, leading to misadventures when the buyer, who works at an airport, asks odd to meet him there inside the secure zone. odd goes to the local swimming pool, but his shoes were removed when the facility closed; as he is leaving, he finds a pair of red high-heeled boots and walks away in them.