Hiyakawa can't understand what Mikado is feeling. And for his part, while Mikado recognizes how deviant Hiyakawa is, he just can't cut ties with him.
In the middle of all this, Mikado is as good as kidnapped by Sakaki and taken to Erika in a car. Erika asks a bewildered Mikado for help with her homework, as though the situation were quite normal. As Erika works on her homework, she tells Mikado about the mysterious man who employs her and about how her powers awakened.
They do say that boys are physically frail.
يُقال أنّ الصبيان هشّون
Jungen sollen ja 
empfindlicher sein.
Dicen que los niños
son más delicados de salud.
Dicen que los niños
son más delicados de salud.
On dit souvent
que les garçons sont moins costauds.
Si dice che i maschietti
siano più cagionevoli di salute!
Dizem que garotos são frágeis, fisicamente.
Говорят, мальчики физически хрупкие.