Summary

Part II, Chapter 5 – This chapter continues the story of Tin Win's past. All Tin Win can think about is Mi Mi’s heartbeat. At home with Su Kyi, he hears a buzzing-slurping sound that Su Kyi cannot hear. He cannot find the source of the sound.

Part II, Chapter 6 – Tin Win’s attempt to walk home from the monastery by himself results in his stumbling and falling. Mi Mi, waiting for her brother at market, comes across Tin Win. She smells like pine after the first rain, and her heartbeat sounds like a melody. He asks her to help him locate the slurping-dripping sound he heard the day before. She agrees to help. They believe it is coming from a bird’s nest. Tin Win puts Mi Mi on his shoulders, and she guides him to the nest. The...