The narrator tells us that the nearest Taoist temple is about 3 hours walk away, while the nearest village is about a mile away. The narrator asks why the village is so far away, and the narrator tells him that it's because walking there will get him to his destination faster. He doesn't know why the narrator acts the way he does, but he does know that since they've been traveling together, they're always going in the same direction. He also tells the narrator that he's going to kill all of them, even if they don't tell him why.