max is interviewed by the police about mario's murder. he spends days with lucia in his apartment, chaining her to the wall so that "they can't take her away" and sleeps little. fogler, who wants lucia to testify against max in the mock trial—though he harbors more ambiguous long-term intentions toward her—visits and informs her that max is ill. he suggests that lucia must also be ill to allow herself to be in this position, but lucia sends him away, claiming to be with max of her own free will.