In this chapter, patter patter asks his brother-in-law, uncle Qianlian, if he can leave the baby to him. He tells him that the baby is his daughter, and that if he had found the child at that time, he would have killed the woman as well. He says that he will join in the "flicker" , which is a term for the union between death and human beings. The baby is the object of patter patter's affection, and he wants to know what he should do with it now that he has seen it. He asks if he should kill the woman, too, and if he is here to kill the baby, too. He wants to see the child of his father and the woman. Before he leaves, patter tells his brother that he heard his father was going to decide whether or not to marry his uncle, and asks him to come and see the baby before he leaves.