It's been a while since we've seen the protagonist, and now he's back at work. He's bummed that he'll have to leave the office to go to the dentist's office, but he also wants to thank the dentist for his manuscript. He wants to know if he can have sex with him right away, but the dentist won't let him. The protagonist's not sure what to do, so he asks the dentist to put the yeast in his mouth every day. The dentist doesn't want to do that, since it'll make his mouth sore. He tells the protagonist that he can come back to the office after that, and the two of them have sex. The chapter ends with the protagonist asking the dentist not to tell her to leave because she's about to get swept away again.