The chapter opens with a flashback to the previous chapter, in which the main character is being insulted by a side character. The side character is a lynx, who thinks he is cool. The main character insults his deskmate, and the lynx almost passes away. The two of them discuss the importance of side characters in movies and the danger that they will lose their lives if too close to a main character. When the side character tries to avoid him, he will end up losing his life too. He tells the lynx that if he keeps this up, he's going to turn into a "stick figure" and that he'll be dead by the time the movie is over. The lynx agrees to eat some grass while they talk about life, but he doesn't want to eat it. The light wizard tells him that he is the "claw of darkness," and that everything he said to him before was a test to see if he could pass the test. He says that he will now bestow him with new power, and that now that he has the power, he can join forces with the light wizard to eradicate evil. He asks the lynx why he hasn't been hanging out lately, and if he thinks he should change his name to "claw" of light.