Before their meeting with Otto, Myne decides to wash Lutz's hair with her shampoo so he can look his best. Afterwards, she asks why he wants to be a traveling merchant, but he responds with his own questions regarding what she wants to do. She reveals that she's changed her goal from selling books to selling paper, hinting that she wants his help. The meeting day arrives, but Otto shows up with an old partner named Benno, a city merchant and former traveling trader. Benno becomes immediately interested in children's clean hair and Myne's hair pin, but she says the details are a secret. Otto deters Lutz from becoming a traveling merchant on the ground of losing one's citizenship, meaning they cannot reside in any city or have any sort of luxury...