The chapter opens with a description of the mother and child. The mother is "a vague shadow flickering in the candlelight" and the child is "something buzzing and annoying" . The narrator tells the mother that her son has just died and that she is "sorry for his precious life" and that "little birds are singing" on the branches of the tree. He tells her that he can go find her parents without worry, but he warns her that they have been missing so long that they may never be found again in her lifetime. He says that he plans to help her find her family by spreading the news of her parents' disappearance through the internet. He goes to the school's radio station and sends push notifications to the students and teachers. The teachers in the station have bad relationships with the students, and the teachers in charge of photography work have a bad temper. The teacher who runs the radio station is also a bad teacher, because he has a "good temper" for it.