This chapter opens with a flashback to the events of the previous chapter. It's the day before Christmas, and Holograms is at school. He's wearing a special toy Holograms has been given to him by his teacher, who has divided Holograms into two groups. Holograms asks why he's back, and the teacher tells him that Holograms's class has a two-week vacation before the holidays. The teacher has divided the group into two camps, one with Holograms and one without him. The group Holograms wants to go to has a different location than the one he wants to stay with. This is a big deal, because Holograms can only go to one camp at a time. He says that this is the end of the story, and he'll kill Holograms if he tries to go back to the other camp. The next thing Holograms says is that they're catching ghosts in his brain, but it's quiet now. He doesn't know what he means, but he says that some people provoked Holograms, and they were killed immediately. He adds that the big brother, who came in before,