The wolf tells the boy that he has finally found him, and that he should know that his life is worth much. The boy asks why he looks so muscular, and the wolf tells him that his joints also have overlapping bones. The wolf says that he killed one of the women, and he asks the boy to wake up. He tells him to stop talking, and then he will bring him to the doctor. When the boy asks what happened to the woman, the wolf replies that he had left her for a while, and she was fine this afternoon. He says that if she dies, he will have no choice but to leave. He wonders why his chest hurts so badly, and wonders if he is finally hitting puberty