In this chapter, the wolf expresses his gratitude to gami for saving him from becoming a wolf. He asks if he was the first time he saw the wolf transform into a wolf, and the wolf replies that he was napping when he was saved by what he said to him. The wolf says that he never hypnotized the wolf, but that the reason he kept him away from his mother was because he was concerned that the wolf's dealings with gaki would "retrieve up" the past. He also asks if the wolf knows better than anyone that the risk of letting humans see him is greater than that of letting a snake see him, and he asks if she can speak. She says that she is sleeping, and she begs the wolf to come back and take care of her son. She tells him that she did not mean for him to be left behind, and that she meant that she was coming to get the wolf. She also says that when she told him to wait, she was referring to the ayakashi coming to retrieve the wolf from her, but she also meant that they were coming to ask strangers for help. She asks the wolf if he would come with her to a place he wants to take her to.