- Black lowers his head and White apologizes; Black asks him how long he's felt this way, and White says his whole life. Everything he sees seems emptied of meaning—he doesn't want the company of any humans, all of whom are dangling meaninglessly in a void.
- Black says he's still trying to help save White, that he still sees him as his brother.
- White says this is his real job: He's a professor of darkness, and he needs to get going. Black wants him to stay, but he insists.
- Black warns him about what's out there, but White says he knows what's out there and he's rushing to nuzzle Death's bony cheek.
- White says that Black's God must have once had infinite possibilities for creating worlds, but his efforts have only ended in this horrible one (not that White thinks God exists). Maybe he (White) wants forgiveness, White confesses, but there's no one to get it from.
- He demands that Black open the door, and Black does, undoing the chains and locks. White walks out.
- Black calls after him, saying he'll be at the station in the morning, and that White didn't mean those words.
- Black falls to his knees, almost crying, and he talks to God. He says that White didn't mean those words, and he asks God why God didn't give Black the words to help White.
- Weeping, Black rocks back and forth. He says he'll keep God's word even if God never speaks again. He asks God if that's okay—and the play ends.