The monster explains that he killed his daughter with his own hands because she was nearing the end of her "mana" - the amount of energy she needs to survive. He says that people start to worry about how they will die when their mana is declining, but he says that in the end, it will be by disease, accident, or murder. The monster says that he will leave that to the reader's imagination. He wants to know where the babies are hiding. He knows that it would be very difficult to hide them with leaves, so he wants to find a place where they can naturally be found. He asks if they are in the forest, and she tells him that they are. He jumps up and says that it is proof that he is doing his work, and that his parents will be proud of him.