In this chapter, the narrator tells us that he never in his wildest dreams thought that he would fall in love with a man who was a "therianthrope" . In fact, he thinks that the man would seduce him even though he was "struggling with my identity." The narrator tells the reader that he is happy for his fiancee, Haruka, because she is back to her normal self. Haruka tells the narrator that she has been too serious in the past, but now that she is older, she is more relaxed. The narrator asks Haruka if she has had children, and Haruka replies that she does have two children, one of whom is sleeping