Moacyr is fearful of Adrian questioning him about Josias having said about José Augusto's death. The father doesn't know if he should reveal this to his son.

"Adrian, you're getting paranoid! Any day now, and you're still going to kill me!"

Adrian replies, hallucinating: "Josias is the one who wants to kill you! He's always trying to involve you in his problems with the loan shark. So, he didn't tell you anything?

"Does it help if I tell you he didn't? You'll think I'm lying anyway."

"Then why don't you just tell me the truth? You see, father, how Josias has managed to turn you against me?

"That's far from...