This chapter opens with a flashback to a time when the protagonist was a child. He had a stone with him, and when he touched it, he became angry. He wanted to get rid of it, but when he tried to do so, the stone thumped him. He was irritated, and he wanted to leave, but he was afraid that if he did not leave, he would lose control of himself. He tells the protagonist that it is his birthday two days away, and that he should not