The narrator tells us that he's cut himself off from the outside world for forty years because he wants to be alone. He's been with a woman named pioran, who died when she was pregnant, and he figured that if she died, it would be bad for him. He doesn't want people to know that she died because of him, because he can't save people from dying. He also says that if he could, he'd like to meet people who understand him. The narrator says that everyone experiences the death of a friend or comrade. He says that he can live on his own, and that he needs friends. He tells the narrator that he met the first man he met when he was young, and then he met parona, who tried to protect him, and finally he met gugu, who fought for him and his family. After that, he arrived on the island of jananda, where he met many other people fighting for their lives. He asks if tonari was a jerk, and she tells him that she brought him friends who fought with him. Now that she's gone, he plans to return to his hometown and tell everyone about her death