The chapter opens with a soliloquy about the end of November and the start of the cultural festival. The narrator tells us that the class meeting will be canceled because of the cold weather, and that the festival will start in December. He also says that he hopes that his name will not be drawn for the festival this year. He says that since he started the Latin dance elective, he has not fed the cats. He asks why they would freeze, and the narrator says that cats have fur, so they would not freeze. He then asks why the cat would freeze. The cat replies that it has fur because it has been fed. He tells the narrator that he was there when the incident happened, and he apologizes that it was too much, but the cat says that it is fine, and it has not hurt him since. He wonders why the brother would not protect him, and asks why he is carrying his jacket with him. The brother replies that he has been curious about the cat since he came, and wonders why he was carrying the jacket, and then asks when the cat bed was set up. He adds that he barely knows the cat after all, and says that they barely know one another after all. He compares the cat to him, saying that when he first met the cat, he had nothing in his hands, but after he fed it, the trust was built up, and now it is okay with showing him this completely guarded side