In this chapter, we learn that humans have always considered themselves to be the very top of their food chain. We learn that elena is one of the few people who are not hostile towards her, and that she is a member of the Order of the Moon. We also learn that another child has gone missing the night before and that officers from the Order Committee are at her house looking for her. We are told that the knights will not care for her daughter and that the moon hermit is protecting her. The patter patter tells us that he killed the monster that attacked elena, but that he still has the ability to kill it even if it is not injured.