In this novel's chapter, the protagonist finds herself in another dimension, inhabited by humans.
The protagonist suggests she is a dragon who has been transformed into a human shape as she describes unfurling her wings and sensing her inability to change into her true dragon form.
Despite her fear and anxiety, she observes a human who seems to possess some rare abilities, such as creating a pulsing blue light from an object.
The protagonist feels a hunger that is seemingly connected to humans and is driven by a strong urge to eat.
After closely observing the human and understanding a bit more about his state, she senses her own hunger and secretly prompts the human to eat his food.
Anxiety fills her as she realizes she has successfully made it through the human world, something no dragon has been able to do for centuries.
Her goal now is to remain undetected as she understands that humans could easily overpower her if they knew her true nature.
In the midst of her anxiety, she tries to remember the names of human things and foods, like bread - amusingly failing at it.
She walks through a city, trying to fit in and observe as much as she can about her surroundings and the people while journeying toward the forest.
Uncomfortably inhabiting the preterit, or temporary, human form, she heads to a forest clearing.
After trying and failing to transform back into her dragon form, panic sets in. She then experiments a bit with her appearance, manipulating her features to appear more human.
She reflects on a prophecy she believes pertains to her current situation: a bond between a human and a dragon, a partnership that had ruined dragons in the past.
The chapter concludes with the protagonist's resolve to find the human she had observed before, expectant that fate will guide her to her next steps.