The chapter opens with sako's description of his father's death. He says that he is sorry for the loss, but that he feels alone because he is a human being. He tells us that if his partner knew that he was the father, she would not want to know. . he says that if he were to choose a partner, he would choose him. He also says that in vitro fertili, insemi-zation, is a dangerous procedure because of the high risk of infection. He adds that if they do not make progress in the next few days, it will be too late. He asks that he be kept out of his mind. The chapter ends with a description of the meeting room. It is the same room where ibuki, Tetamaki, and the other participants in the hybrid plan have been meeting for the past fifteen years. The meeting room is the place where the participants have been instructed to meet. The narrator says that this is where he wants to go back home to. He explains that he has a lot of family there, and that he would like to go there. He mentions that this man was in the room when he saw his father die. He thinks that it was Kiku-Hara's fault that his father died. He feels that he got mad at this man for his transformation. He wants to talk to him about it.