His next town right up the road, Bilasuvar, still hasn't had its plaza park finished, so after wandering up and down its quiet streets, until he reaches the arch gateway at the entrance and decide to just do a quick parkbench concert there.
He's joined by a young fellow who works at a nearby hardware shop who, despite the language barrier, is eager to communicate . The boy brings up the topic of religion for the first time--trying to tell the Traveler about Islam. All other people he's talked to have avoided the topic--quite different from, say, Morocco, where many people love to take advantage of the change to talk about their faith with a foreigner.