In this chapter, the narrator tells the story of the day after the creation of the world. God rested, and the heavens and earth were completed, but not everyone in attendance. All manner of creatures, big, small, furry, scaly, fierce, and timid, crawled, swam, or flew away from their lairs, and humbly placed their hands on each one of those assembled. Aswang, blood, viscera eater. Tiyanak, demon baby. Tikbalang, horse, like demon. deprived of God's blessing. These lamang- lupa were cursed to never foot under the bright light of the sun. One night while sewing, Berio finds a pair of scissors in the window. Berio climbs down the stairs and enters the hut. The hut is abandoned except for cobwebs and no one but Berio.