The next day, Esther is on her way home from school when she runs into Chi-ching, who is on his way to pick up his sister. He tells her that the characters in the novel look a lot like her and Eno-san, because the author is "self-satisfaction" . Esther is shocked, because she's seen authors get "washed out" of their work by the delusion that their characters look just like theirs and hers. She's also worried that the reader will get the wrong impression of what's going on. She tells chi-ching not to take it too personally, because it's not her fault that they're so good at guessing. She also tells him not to worry about the reader, because they'll be able to figure out what the heck is going on when they get home.