"Where deadpan" , the narrator says, is where the action stops. He's in the middle of a soliloquy about how strong he is, and how he doesn't need anyone's help. He tells the narrator to get out of his face if there's nothing else to worry about. He says that he hasn't had a word with the narrator in three years, and that he's not worried about him. The narrator says that the fire in Ren's room has spread to the room where the rabbit hair ring was kept, and Ren is very weak. He asks the narrator if he deserves to be grounded in court, and the narrator tells him that he deserved the punishment. The