In this chapter, we learn that Guppy's last words to Caius were, "Don't worry, I'll take care of you." In other words, Guppy doesn't care what Caius thinks of him. He just wants Caius to know that he loves him. Guppy tells Caius that Caius's mother had an incurable disease, but she bet him that she'd live long enough to see her son die. When Caius died, she told Guppy that she was overcome with joy at the thought of life and death, and that she hoped that humans would cling onto life and not let it die. This is the first time Guppy has heard Caius express his love for her, and he tells her that he's been trying to get Caius for a long time, but he can't understand what she's experienced. He's not a father like Caius, he says, and Caius and Guppy are growing up very well without him. If Guppy were alive, he'd hate him even more, but Caius says, "I love you too much. What are you? drip, drip these memories. happiness, sorrow, and pain. about... zouye, mother, and father. But unfortunately, those are also not warm if... if our fathers were alive... would you still hate him? Guppy says that he has to lock all of his emotions in his heart, because some of them have been forgotten for thousands of years, and his hatred towards his father never disappears. He shows up at her mother's funeral, and she tells him to get out of her way, because he'll never understand why she wants to see him again. She says