This chapter opens with a description of the sleep patterns of the "witchblade" . The narrator tells us that the witch's body is still in a state of "being fully awake" , which is why she's having so many nightmares. She's experiencing a "new stone" in her life, she says, and it's "only distant memories now" because they've been "adults" for a long time. This is the first time we've heard of the witch, so we're not sure what she means by "old stone," but we do know that she was "a kid" back in the day. We also learn that the "freudian slip" was a "kid" back then, and that it was "over a decade ago" when koff was a kid. We learn that "all messed up" was "koff what?" and that "it's an amazing thing" that it chose him. We're also told that koff wasn't quite the same person as the "freak" that he was before koff's death. This leads us to the point of the chapter, where we find out that "the witch" has been "crawling" for years, "to satisfy my desire." We learn, however, that "this dull , seeming eternal ache" has driven her to "more creative means" in order to satisfy her "one passion." This is a bit of a mouthful, but we'll get to it later. "I'm out-of-galo's-waitin'," the narrator says, referring to the fact that gallo is coming by later that day. He's coming to kill ohn, but he's not going to kill the witch. The "witch" isn't running, he says, but is just "servicing her energy" for when she needs it. He wants to know how the witch knows to call herself "running," but he can't figure out what that means. "It's glorious