Okay, now that we're back at the beginning of the chapter, let's take a look at what's going down. First off, we've got a pretty good idea of what the heck is going on: the narrator is freaking out. He wants to know if there's a way to get rid of the demon and let the two of them live happily ever after. He's also freaking out about the fact that the demon hates the physical body, which is why the narrator has to do this in the first place. The narrator's got a solution: he's convinced that the only way to rid the demon of its hatred is to force the demon to