This chapter opens with a description of a "spiritual beast" . It's not easy to tame a beast, says the narrator, because it's "a spiritual beast." The narrator tells the kid to "snatch" at least he could be "a little gentler." The kid says he used to have "little spiritual beast pets" at home, but they're still "well-behaved" now. The kid wants to feed the beast, but he doesn't want to do anything to it. The narrator says they need to "tame" the beast in a hurry, so they have two options: 1) train the beast for a day, or 2) let the kid "train" him for a few days, and he'll teach the beast how to "be a little gentler" when he's old and sick. Sounds like a good plan, right? The kid is all, "ok, fine, I'll train you for a while, and then you can eat whatever I've got for dinner." But the kid's got a question: "Who allowed you