The chapter opens with a soliloquy in which the narrator laments the fact that he cannot walk anymore. He then turns to the rat bird and asks him if he has changed at all. The rat bird replies that he has not. The narrator is sorry that his apology to the fierce wu came so late. He asks if he is risking his life to return to the ghouls' world to apologize to the "fierce wu" . He says that he is sorry about that day and apologizes for his late apology. He also asks if the rats look the same as they were when he was a child. The rats response is that they look just as they did when they were children. He tells the rats to follow the "wu is kind" and not to be too hasty in returning to the ghoul's world. He reminds the rats that they will be sanctioned again by the mansion after the woman dies.