This chapter opens with a description of a malicious blade. It's a sword that's been given a name: "malicious blade" . In other words, it's not just a sword, but a weapon, too. This is the first time we've heard the name "sword" applied to a sword. The narrator calls it a "kind of respect" for a weapon to have a name, and he's referring to the fact that a sword can have a "soul" when its name is given a kind of meaning . He calls this "swine" , and says that this is his "strongest move" so far, and that he'll give it his "best shot" if he can't stop it. He says that if he doesn't block the move, he may die, but if he does, he says, "you may die if it what's weren't a for-the-sakes-of-master move." Translation: if you don't want to master yourself, you're a troublemaker. He tells the narrator that he hates to stay with the guards, because they're boring and boring. They're not allowed to teach him anything, but he likes watching them train. He's glad to hear that they've brought him back, because if he hadn't, he'd be eaten by a wild dog. He asks why he stole things, and why he was caught by the guards. The guards didn't realize that he was stealing, and thought he was the one who stole their things. He begs the guards to let him go, but they won't listen to him, because the guards have caught the thief.