This chapter opens with a yawn yawn from the two young men, who have just arrived at the village. The narrator explains that they are the "predator" and the "victim" respectively. He explains that the first victim is the man who taught him how to speak Chinese, and the second is the "slave" of the first man. The first man is the one who promised him that he would have a partner, but he has already died and is now a "new version" of himself. He says that the village chief and his mother are glad to see the two of them together, and they are forgiven for thinking so. He tells the men that they need to know their own place in the village, and that no one will ever build a relationship without knowing their place.