This chapter opens with the crack of the buddha's hammer. He tells us that he's going to borrow this place for a while. He'll use it as a place to build a foundation for his new life. He doesn't have much to eat for the past two days, but he'll get back to it soon. The crack says that he hasn't eaten for two days. He asks if anyone else is there besides him. The answer is no. He says he has two things to say: first, that he isn't a brat, and second, that what he is doing here seems not to have anything to do with the brat. The brat says he wants to kneel when he sees officers, but the crack points out that this is not supposed to happen