The chapter opens with a soliloquy by the piano player, who is in the middle of a performance of a piece for which he has been assigned. He tells the audience that the piece was written by his spy, aiza, and that it will determine his future as a musician. The piano player is surprised to find that the doctor is on his way to the hospital to examine his patient. The doctor tells him that the wound was not his fault, but that it was too late for her to have been seriously injured.