The chapter opens with a description of the blood donation program at the Sorenson Children's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. The narrator explains that the program is meant to help children who are at risk of becoming victims of "vampire-like" behavior. He explains that he and his sister, Hikari, have decided to participate in the program because Hikari is "awesome at sports" and because she is afraid of vampires. The parents of the children are shocked at Hikari's inability to resist the temptation to become a vampire, and they are afraid that their children will be the next victim of a vampire-like behavior.