This chapter's epigraph comes from a famous line in Shakespeare's Hamlet, in which Hamlet complains about the pain of his stomach. He says that his stomach is getting worse, and that he can't eat the curry he's been preparing for Harima. Harima, however, doesn't seem to be having any of this. She tells him to give up, and he says that he'll do all he can to accept Harima's love for him, but that it's not as good as his own love for her. He tells Harima that if she really does love him, then he will accept it, but if he can live with himself, he won't have the guts to accept it. He asks Harima why she worked so hard to prepare for the curry, and she says that she just really loves curry. She also tells him that she hopes that he will be punished for his actions, because Harima loves him.