In this chapter, we learn that the last petal of Meungxuan's flower fell at the same time that the first petal fell. In other words, the petal that fell at that moment was the last one that fell before the first one. This means that the final petal of the flower that fell in the beginning of the chapter was the first that fell after the first. The second petal fell after that, and the third petal after that. The third petal is the one that falls before the fourth petal. The fourth petal falls after the fifth petal, and so on and so forth until we get to the point where we're in the middle of this chapter. It's time for us to get to know the characters. The first person we meet is the narrator, who tells us that he's just returned from the studio. He's lost consciousness after