Summary

The next chapter is titled “Fading Away.” Hideki keeps running until he is certain that Maeda is not chasing him. He throws away the Maeda's rifle but holds onto his grenade. He runs until he can run no farther. Knowing he will die without food, he decides to eat what is in Ray's pack. He eats the crackers, then breaks open a tin of the delicious beef. He cries because he waited so long to eat the food. He is still hungry. He has enough food to survive for awhile and saves the rest. He goes to sleep. He wakes to another nightmare and realizes he is in an American army tent.

The next chapter is “Things That Aren't There.” An American doctor who speaks Japanese reassures Hideki that he is safe. Hideki realizes the doctor has stitched up the...