The chapter opens with a description of the aurora goddess, who punishes anyone who takes her first kiss and turns her into a "green anaconda" . This is a reference to the fact that if the couple does not get married, the goddess will curse them and make them "green." This is the first time in the book that we see the protagonist's reaction to the idea that she will be "cursed by the goddess" and "become green." The protagonist, however, is not so sure. She has lost her way in a strange city, and the man who kissed her is far away from her ideal husband. This man is not her husband, and she cannot force him to return to her tribe with her. The protagonist wonders if this is really her destiny, but her grandfather interrupts her reverie to tell her that the two of them are brothers and sisters. This means that the protagonist will not be able to marry the man she loves, but will instead have to marry someone else.