Three years after graduating, Fiyero is married with a wife and children. He visits Saint Glinda’s Square to pay homage to the girl he knew back in school. He is surprised to find Elphaba there, but she pretends she doesn’t know him. He watches Elphaba sneak away and follows her. When he finally reveals himself to her, she has no choice but to invite him into her home. Elphaba lives in a run-down room with a cat and no running water. Fiyero says he’s in the city on business, and Elphaba tries to evade his questions about what she does. He asks why she never got in contact with anyone, and she replies that it was for the safety of her loved ones. She fears the Gale Force, a security force that is not above using torture to find dissenters and activists. Fiyero is taken by the desire for company written all over her face.

Elphaba continues to meet with Fiyero. Though she never asks after his family, she does ask after their old mutual friends. He shares that Boq married and moved back to Munchkinland, where his wife is unhappy and often tries to commit suicide.