The narrator tells us that there's been a lot of missing persons cases lately. According to a recent poll, more than half of adults would like to go back to their childhood. The narrator wonders if this is because everyone is hiding from reality, or if it's because they just want to stay in their childhood and not grow up. He says that if she were the only person capable of doing this, she would be able to do it, but she wouldn't do it. He goes on to say that if everyone just ran away and hid, it would be impossible for her to do anything about it, since she'd be the only capable one. He then turns on the protagonist and asks him why he's not allowed to remain a kid forever. He wants to know why he can't go back and change the future. He asks if he has school today. The protagonist says he doesn't have school today, but he is handsome and has a mole on his face like the one in the narrator's dream. He tells the protagonist that he is just like them, someone who's lost hope in the world. He urges the protagonist to join him and protect him from the negative feeling of sweep-out. He also says that he'll never blame the protagonist for his actions, since no one will ever blame him. He explains that he just came to find out what's going on. He might not know what the situation is at all, but, he says, you turned him into a child without his approval, so he has to sit and watch. Even if daddy becomes a kid, he and mommy will not hate him. As long as he, mommy, and annai all stay together,