This chapter opens with a flashback to the previous chapter, in which the narrator explains that he has been running away from the supersiviers. He realizes that they have not pursued him, and he is grateful that they did not find him. He also realizes that he is losing his ability to run, and that if he had not had the help of the pant, he would be in a much worse state now. The pant looks back at the events of the previous day, and wonders why the super-sivors did not chase him. It is obvious that the pant has lost his memory, and the narrator wonders if he was scared by the brat before. He wonders if the brat has been blinded by love, and if he spreads arms if he is found out by someone, he will see how this brat will protect him. This chapter ends with a warning from the pant to the super