The chapter ends with Hiroshi's declaration that his divorce has been finalized. Hiroshi says that his marriage was a happy one, but that his wife's "self-ishness" and her controlling nature made it drain the life away from him. He has been cheering up again, and Hiroshi wonders where he can find his feelings. He says that he wants to sing her a lullaby, and she says that there are "tiny fish" in the sea. She says that she almost slipped on rocks and found a crab, but she is careful not to hurt herself. She asks if they are okay, and they say that they are. She tells him that she would have lent him a school-issued swimsuit if he had told her, and that she has never had a crush on a boy friend. She then asks if he is going to the beach, and he says he is, too, because there is something he has been meaning to buy. He is surprised that no one has ever looked at him that way before, and when he realizes that he has a chance too, he feels "pound for some reason."