In this chapter, Nemo's dream is interrupted by a conversation between the boy and his mother. The boy tells his mother that he doesn't have dreams, but that his first love was "a kind prince" for reals. He's pretty sure that he'd feel the same way if it were crowded, but he's glad that it isn't, because his mom dolled him up so much that he wouldn't feel like he wanted to go home. Nemo, however, is not happy about his mom's meddling, and the boy wonders if there's anything he can do about it. He wonders if he'll get "stoned" or "something inside" , and he wonders if the boy's weird looks are a result of his mother's attempts to make him wear cute clothes , or of her attempts to change him into something else . Nemo wonders if his mom is kidding him, and wonders if it's because he looks so weird even for Nemo. He looks at the cute penguin, and then wonders if Nemo is just "not happy about it" . And then he looks at a giant isopod, and asks if he can tell sorry. He can't even tell if he looks sorry because of his mom or because of Nemo, because Nemo is acting weird even though he is dead. Nemo asks his mother if she's sorry, and she says that she is, and that she'd like to leave him behind so he can get back to normal. Nemo says that he has to make sure that Nemo is back to his normal self, because he