The chapter opens with a description of the "deadly silence" in which everything seems to be "in deadly silence" . It's clear that this is a foreshadowing of what's to come in the rest of the book. The narrator tells us that he's not sure if the fate of the girl and the boy will be the same. He also says that he doesn't want the reader to know that he and her father are working on a "humanoid insect" that looks just like a human. He tells the reader that he confessed his love to his father the day before, and that the cut on his hand is still there. He says that if something happens to him, he won't be able to forgive himself for it. He's also worried about the boy's condition, because his body is "icey - cold" and his breathing is "slightly more stable." The narrator says that she'll bring the boy along to help him walk. He gives the boy a lighter bag with some clothes and tells him that the village has been abandoned. The village used to have a lot of witches living there, but they all moved away to the city. The villagers don't even have a wifi signal in the village anymore, so they can't communicate with each other. This is the reason why the boy fainted. The mom says that they'll have to wait until the boy is fully recovered before they go back to the village.