This chapter's epigraph comes from the opening lines of the novel, "What was that?" . It's a quote from the novel's opening lines, which states that "what was that" . In other words, what happened in this chapter is not a new phenomenon, but rather a new form of evil. This is the first time we've ever seen anything like what's happened to the ink spirit. The ink spirit has lost consciousness and is being eaten by monsters. The narrator is horrified. He's seen nothing like this before. He asks the narrator to become his ally. He wants to know if this is a new scam, or if it's just a normal occurrence. He wonders why the narrator hasn't been able to figure out the terms of the deal with the herons. He also wonders if the narrator's ink spirit is completely different than other spirits. He doesn't know what the terms are, and he's not even sure if he can agree to the terms. He tells the narrator that his ink spirit's soul is intact, which means that he can't speak or laugh, which is why he has so many fighting abilities. So, the narrator is confused. He thinks that the narrator must have been anxious, but he also thinks that he was also anxious. He says that he'd like to know how much he knows about "spirits" and "souls." The narrator says that the soul is the "power