This chapter's epigraph is from the novel "The Return of the Red Dragon," which was published in the same year as the novel. The epigraph reads, "A red dragon is a creature of the underworld, a kind of being that is invisible to the human eye." It is also the epigraph of the novel's title, which means "the child of the red dragon." In other words, it is a symbol of the child's existence. The red dragon's presence in this chapter is symbolic of the fact that the child is not a monster, but rather a child of a living being.