In this chapter, we learn more about the local people and their culture. First, we're introduced to the village chief, who seems to be in charge of the town's water supply. He's a prisoner in the village's zoo, which is a kind of tourist attraction. The zoo isn't really a prison, but rather a place where people can hang out and eat bugs. The village doesn't have a lot of merpeople, so the prisoners have to share their food with the rest of the village. The only reason that the prisoners are allowed to eat bugs is that they're good for the body, but the villagers don't like the idea of giving them to prisoners who are hated by the whole village. They're also worried that the prisoner's twin brother has died, which means that the twins won't be able to produce any more babies. This is a big problem for the village, because the only way to get a baby is to have sex with a mergene . The villagers are worried that if the twins die, they'll have no other choice but to give birth to a baby that's not theirs. They also worry that if they have sex, it'll be with someone else's baby, so they've got to be careful not to force the baby on them. In other words, the villagers want to keep the baby for as long as possible, even if it means that they have to sacrifice their own sex for the sake of saving the baby's life. So, if the twin brother dies, the village has to believe that the twin's death