The next morning, the narrator wakes up in the middle of nowhere. He's not sure what's going on, but he's pretty sure it's a bad dream. He can't believe that the road-bastards have treated him like a "blind person" . He tells himself that he'll catch them again the next time he sees them. The narrator is pretty sure that this is going to be the end of his story. He remembers a time when tea was popular in Europe. It was called Perilla, and the people who drank it started to lose their senses and develop a hatred for art. They destroyed the theaters, museums, and exhibition halls. He doesn't know exactly how the disaster came to an end. He wonders if there's really such a thing as this that can destroy minds. He also remembers that he met his auntie in the restaurant where she works. She's the manager there, and she's also the one who picked him up from stuart the day before. He thinks that if he goes to the restaurant, he might be able to find some clues about what happened to his auntie. He says that he and his auntie will be careful at the restaurant because if they recognize him, it'll be