This chapter opens with a soliloquy about the flower and the nose. It's the first time we've heard about the nose, so we're not sure what to make of it. We're told that the nose is a symbol of love, so it's pretty important to us. We also learn that the flower is the last ingredient in a bouquet, and that the last thing on the bouquet is the person who's supposed to be the last to die. We learn that sol is afraid to die, because he's afraid that if he dies, the rest of the bouquet will be gone. He's not afraid of death, he just doesn't know how to express it in a way that's meaningful to him. He asks sol to tap the nose before he kills him, so that he can say, "I love you," instead of "I'm not worthy of love" .