The chapter begins with a voice telling us how a sphere was thrown into this world, a sphere capable of transforming into its surroundings through stimuli, first it was a rock, then some moss, and finally it took the form of a wolf that died at its side. He clumsily tried to walk and in turn had replicated the wound of that animal that was experiencing pain for the first time, walking aimlessly he ends up meeting a boy who seemed to recognize him, a boy who spoke to him as if he were capable of doing so. There he found many new things, aromas that he did not know, a warm place to be. There did not seem to be anyone there apart from the boy. There were only the two of them and no one else. The boy, whose name he didn't know, tells him how the others went in search of a place beyond the cold where the land was fertile, people were more advanced and there is a thing called fruit. He tells him that he also wants to go out, see new places, have new experiences, discover the world, so he and the boy go in search of that place. They come across some arrows that seem to guide them to their destination. Unfortunately, due to the thin ice, the boy ends up falling into the frozen water and even though he manages to get out, his leg ends up injured by splinters. However, they do not give up and continue on their journey. As they continue walking, they again come across one of those arrow-shaped signs, only this one was different, it was marked with an X as if it were indicating that the road ends here.