The mariner continues his story, with the wedding guest noticing he looks like a ghost with glittering eyes, skinny body, and wrinkled skin. The mariner was alone at sea in bitter pain, with no relief from God or angels. The dead sailors lay on the deck as the mariner remained alive like sea creatures. Though he tried to pray, his heart was too hard; he felt the curse from the dead sailors' eyes. Seeing water snakes, he blessed them, and this love freed him from the curse, allowing him to pray once the albatross fell from his neck.