In this chapter, the vampire explains that the story is a purely fictional one, and that it does not intend to describe real events or characters. He explains that he is interested in the girl now, but cannot hear anything, and cannot understand why they would want to kill each other, since they know that they can't. He tells her that he thought something wrong had happened to him, but that it is just the "taste of tears" and that the wound will heal itself soon. He says that he has not eaten since he last sucked his blood and that he cannot eat anything else since then. He asks her not to think about what has happened, but to go back and suck his blood.