Chapter 6, Seduction and Further Driving Me into Youth Summary

The story returns to the school, where Kneadus is attacking Syphon. Pimko has just interrupted, and instead of acknowledging the situation, he says that the boys are playing ball. He tells Joey that he's taking him to live at Mrs. Youngblood's while he's in school. The family consists of an engineer, his wife, and their daughter Zuta, a modern schoolgirl. Joey realizes that Pimko wants him to fall in love with the schoolgirl and be imprisoned in youth, although on the way to the house Pimko seems afraid of facing the schoolgirl.

When the prof and Joey reach the house, the schoolgirl answers the door. She is young, athletic, and powerful in her youth, reminding Joey of Kopyrda. In the presence of her youth, the prof seems old. Zuta's...