The chapter opens with a conversation between Kiley and her mother. Kiley tells her that she is sorry that she has offended her mother, and that she does not want to be put in a position where she cannot talk to anyone she wants. She tells her mother that she never spoke to Kiley before, and now she is at the party with morika. She says that she believes that Kiley is blaming his brother for not talking to her, and she tells Kiley that he is the only person who thinks that. She adds that she will not tell Kiley who to talk to, and Kiley says that if she were her, she would not say such things about people, since she is going through a difficult time of talking to someone. She also says that since she seems to be after Kiley, she will go talk to her brother, and if that is the case, then she will talk to him about the research. She goes on to say that she would be suspicious of Kiley's mother, because she seems like she is after her, but she also adds that since Kiley seems like he seems to understand her so well, he must be the one who walked away from her. She then says that there is a party after the party, and they will explain the details of the research, and after that, they will have a seminar. She asks Kiley what the seminar is for, and he says that it is more like a "marketing" seminar, where people are asked to fill out a survey about themselves, and then they are told what they want to do with their lives. She concludes that there are many people like Kiley in the world, who do not understand how badly they are hurting people.