Now that she can walk, Nessarose believes that Boq will choose to stay with her of his own accord, but the Munchkin insists that he should now be free to go pursue Glinda instead, going so far as to brandish a knife in order to prevent Nessa from stopping him. Hurt and furious, Nessarose tries to cast a spell from the Grimmerie to make Boq lose his heart to her, determined that he should love her. However, unlike in the novel, Nessarose has had no instruction in sorcery whatsoever, and thus ends up mispronouncing the words in the incantation, causing the spell to go drastically wrong. This leads to Boq literally losing his heart. While Elphaba tries to save his life, Nessarose reflects on how being "alone and loveless" has led to her wicked actions; she fears that she may deserve no one but the "girl in the mirror" as punishment.