In this chapter, the narrator explains that the baby is not hers, but that of her cousin, who has agreed to give her eggs if the couple can obtain a fertilized egg from her. The couple had planned to have their own child, but the closer they got to death, the more they felt that they could not let go of the dream of having a child of their own. The baby was born, and the narrator wishes that he had a name, because he cannot remember the name of the person who gave it to him. He wants to know who gave the name to the child, and he wants to be able to change the child's fate.