Part II, Chapter 20, Tengo Summary

The second moon appears darker and greener to Tengo. He watches it from a playground. What unnerves Tengo is that the second moon is just what he described in writing. Tengo wonders if the novel has somehow become reality, or has he left reality to become part of the novel. Nothing makes sense to him. He understands that whatever the composition of the new world he is in might be, he is powerless against it. But he takes consolation in the understanding that he doesn't have to accept his changed circumstances as ordinary. He will forever know things are not ordinary.

Part II, Chapter 20, Tengo Analysis

The second moon continues to confuse Tengo. He understands now that he exists in a different world. He, like Aomame, begins drawing a striking number of parallels between "Air Chrysalis", the...