In this chapter, we are introduced to a number of characters who are very important to the plot of the novel. The first person we meet is the mother of the protagonist. She tells the audience that her son is very sick and that he is the only person who can save him. He tells her that if she chooses the wrong person to save her son, he will help her pull him out of the hospital. The second person she meets is a woman named Fang, who tells the protagonist that she knows her son very well. Fang tells her to be careful with her son's hands and arms because he is pulling very hard.