In this short scene, we are introduced to the young protagonist of the novel, Kimhya. Kimhya is very upset because she feels that she has just had a sexual encounter with a man. She is afraid that the man will think she has left him and will think that she is trying to escape him. She tries to comfort him by saying that it feels good to have sex with someone, and that she would like to bring him something to eat so that he will not think she is leaving him. When Kimhya asks where she is, she is told to go to Germany. When she asks where he is, he tells her that he has gone to see the chairman of the company. He wants to see her, but she refuses to go, saying that she wants to thrash him.