may kasahara wrote a letter, talked about imagining herself as kumiko 

toru okada reads chapter 8 of wind-up bird chronicle on cinnamon’s computer, is locked out of the rest of them, they are written by cinnamon

toru cannot get a hold of them, they seem to have disappeared

a lot of skinning and scalping, eek

bayta and toran go to kalgan – a place of luxury, hidden from what has happened outside, riches, superfluous (like singapore? crazy rich asians?)

they sit on the beach for middle class people, a court jester runs to them, says flowery words to bayta

then a guard comes to get him, he has run away from the court

this gives bayta and toran a chance to finally possibly get to see The Mule