This chapter's epigraph comes from a famous comic by Shmoop. It's about lying tongue hands. The narrator tells us that a false witness has come out of nowhere to tell us that the village is a scary place. Little dot is all excited. He's been training his body to fight the beastly beasts, but he's still terrified. He wants to split the body of the ancient relic of suanni, the bull demon, and the ape. He can't believe that they're still alive, and he wants to get ready for his baptism. He tells everyone to put the cauldron on and get ready to baptize him. He says that the cauldron will take at least a day and three months to burn, but it's worth it. Everyone is excited to see how strong little dot is. Everyone wants to know why little dot has undergone such a transformation. Everyone knows that he has undergone a "great change" in his body. He feels like an "endless amount of energy" . Everyone in the village knows that this is a "miracle" , and everyone wants to try out their new strength. They all want to know how little dot can do this, but they don't know how to figure out the whole thing. They just want to eat.