Part I, Chapter 13, Aomame Summary

Aomame asks the Leader if they are now in 1Q84 instead of 1984, but the Leader says it is not a parallel world. 1984 simply no longer exists for the Leader and Aomame. Aomame figures her entrance in to 1Q84 happened when she climbed down the emergency stairway. In other words, she realizes, the tracks to 1984 have been switched on her to lead to 1Q84. There is no going back. The Little People cannot use their power without an equal power being used against them. Sometimes undesirable people enter 1Q84 with them, and they have to be eliminated. As the Leader became a conduit for the Little People, his daughter became a force against the Little People.

By raping his daughter, the Leader cause his daughter to become the agent against the Little People. She and Tengo have created...