The narrator tells us that he left because he was "full" when he left, and that the bug thinks he is hungry. The narrator wonders if the bug might have wanted to feed him because of his thoughts, or if it just wanted to help him fulfill his desires. He concludes that the key to the bug's success is blood, and he wonders why the bug would want to feed a human being when he is so hungry. He wonders whether the bug could have read the thoughts of the human being and wanted to do something for him. He says that he scoured the books but could not find any way to turn the human into a merman. He thinks the bug seems to know how to do this, but he cannot figure out why the human was born. The blood that he really needs, he says, is you. He is surprised that the man would still show up at the theater after the scandal. He can forgive him, but it is hard to imagine someone like him doing such a thing. The two of them vow to get through the whole thing together, and the narrator promises that they will not get rejected again. He tells the narrator that he still has a class that afternoon, so he will go swimming in the