The chapter opens with a soliloquy in which the narrator laments the loss of his beloved brother. He wishes that he could die in his brother's arms, but he knows that he will never be able to do so. The narrator asks the reader to imagine what it would be like to die in the arms of his brother, who was always behind him. He wonders if the girl who wanted to become like her brother is really the same girl he saw in the mirror the last time he saw her. He asks her to tell him the date of her birth, and she tells him that she has not yet told him. She then asks him to give her a tattoo, and he gives her a piercing one on her cheek. He tells her that he does not want her to get any heat from her mommy for doing such a thing, and asks her if she has grown up and told him about it. She says that she was all, "Oh help me, I'm bleeeeeding ! . . it was priceless" . He then tells her about how she freaked out a little bookworm when she saw the girl's face, and that she should not have jumped for joy when she stepped out of the closet. He also tells her to leave the girl alone, because she is a "bitch" who has finally found herself. He goes on to tell her that she is spoiled, dirty, and a gross nerd. He warns her not to waste her time on such "bad little girls" who put red dye capsules into the swimming pool when the girl looked in her mirror, and then did the game on her own reflection. He concludes that