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Jotaro and Polnareff bounce off the train, but are capable of freeing only [[Iggy]], while the others are still trapped inside the locomotive. They escape in the streets of the mirage city created by the mirage Stand, but Satanic Coupler effectively tracks them down. Cornered, Iggy activates [[The Fool]] and uses it to attack the window pane of the driver's cabin from which Absalom is controlling his Stand. He is sitting next to his sister, [[Michal]], the wielder of the mirage creating Stand, [[Dark Mirage]]. Frightened by The Fool's attack, Michal withdraws her Stand, causing the mirage city to disappear. Iggy manages to temporarily deprive the enemies of their sight by covering Satanic Coupler's window pane with his sand. Jotaro, Polnareff and Iggy hide under Jotaro's uniform while Absalom leaves the battlefield, believing them to have flown away with the dog's Stand.
After the sunset, the three Stand users start to collapse from exhaustion. Before collapsing, Jotaro recognizes the upcoming landscape from {{W|The Little Prince}} novel he read as a child. As he dozes off, a young desert nomad, who Jotaro believes to be The Little Prince, comes across the Stand users. The boy goes to his village and brings the villagers to save them. The village chief gives them food and water and reveals that Absalom used to live in their village until four years ago. He then tells them Absalom's story. As a child, he used to believe that the civilized world was the promised land. He was particularly fond of trains and railways, his biggest obsession. Four years ago, while Absalom was visiting Cairo with his sister and his parents, the bus they were riding stopped on a grade crossing and was crushed by a train. His parents died, Absalom's legs were broken and Michal had her throat slashed by a steel splinter. The rescuers gave priority to the local residents and wealthy people, meaning that he and his sister were the last to receive assistance. As a result, Michal lost her voice and Absalom developed a strong hatred towards the civilized world. He later met a man called [[
The following morning Jotaro, Polnareff, and Iggy leave the village in order to set the others free, having been informed on Absalom's whereabouts. Absalom has upgraded his Stand once again and it is now faster than ever. Attempting to kill Jotaro, Satanic Coupler accidentally rushes against a little kid from the village. The boy was bringing Polnareff his wallet which he left behind at the village. Jotaro recognizes the kid as The Little Prince and tells Polnareff to take the boy back to the village for medical assistance, leaving Jotaro and Iggy alone on the battlefield. Coming up with an ingenious scheme, Iggy creates a Jotaro sand clone and use it to fool Absalom while Jotaro manages to board Satanic Coupler, destroy its tow hook and free his comrades by detaching the wagon from the locomotive.
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