Piggy realizes that they savagely killed Simon, but attempts to repress the memory and not speak about it. Ralph takes responsibility for participating in Simon's murder, while Piggy begins to make excuses for their actions. Piggy mentions that they were scared, and Simon's death was an accident.
Bottom´s fellow actors agree with his suggestions to add a prologue explaining that their play isn´t real, as well as several other offbeat and unnecassery ideas.
