Synopsis

The chapter shifts to a flashback, showing a young boy who protected his sister after their parents' death by stealing for her. He gave her a stolen robe, which she wore out and died that night. In the present, this character, now an adult, is torturing a child while recounting the trauma of his sister's death and his resulting hatred for children, who he sees as disobedient. The chapter ends with the character violently threatening the captured child.