With the female helping her through the first tunnel, Oyushi is treated to more thoughts of their home and society.  It turns out that none of them have any names, but each knows who an other is.  And before she came in, then willingly agreed, they'd been capturing the odd female animal, using it to transfer the sperm back and forth, though for some reason, it didn't work as well.<br/><br/>When the human slips out of the warm pool, the female once more waves farewell to her, and she's greeted on the other side by the male that had taken her virginity.  As Oyushi slips into this pool, a few of his tendrils move up to support her weight, letting the human save her energy for the activities further on down the path.