"Revival" is the title of the next chapter of the novel, and it opens with a description of a bridge in the middle of nowhere. It's a bridge that's been in use for a long time, and the narrator tells us that it's the same bridge that was used for the first part of the story. The narrator tells the audience that the bridge is a symbol of love and redemption, and that it symbolizes the end of the world as we know it. He says that he and the children have been hanging out on the bridge for three weeks, and he's still trying to figure out what's going on. The children are under his protection, he says, but he doesn't know what to do with them. He's not eating a human, he tells us, but the world has moved on, and "wonders" have been sacrificed for "the mundane." The narrator says that the children's parents are worried that they're going to be harmed by the police, so they've come to the bridge to protect them. The police officer tells the children that they can talk to him from over there, and they'll be reunited with their parents soon. The detective tells the kids that they need to run away from him, but that he won't let them, because he'll never harm a child again.