In this chapter, we learn that art ajie has been nagging the seven-year-old boy not to go outside because it is dangerous. The boy is embarrassed to pretend to be his older sister, but he does not want to tell anyone about what happened. He does not know how to act around his mother, he says, and he wonders why he has to make the whole thing sound so complicated. He wonders why the mister seemed to care so much for the boy, and wonders how he could not find his parents. He also wonders why ajie seemed to be going home earlier than he was, and asks the boy to hurry up and get back to the house.