This chapter opens with a brief description of the situation in which we find ourselves. We are introduced to a young boy who has been infected with a particular strain of the Proteus mirabilis virus. The boy's name is "Ce virus cells infected" and he tells us that he has been filtering the cell population near the opharynx with a special filter. He tells the boy to "shout whoosh" and "resplish" and to "posh glub" , which is a common word for "cheer up" . He also tells him that he is a repeat offender and that if he is caught, he will be killed by the same kind of germs that killed him when he first arrived in the U.S.