August awakes at 8:15 A.M. in Phuket with a shooting pain in his leg, when he looks at it, he discovers that he's in fact turning back into wood. He visits a doctor who sees a normal leg, as he is not a believer in magic, so August stabs it with a knife, which causes no wound. The doctor, freaked out, calls in orderlies to restrain August, however, the writer runs away and is eventually found by a man who tells him that he should go and see the Dragon. August is later seen in the Dragon's waiting room when another client drops her phone, August sees this and hands it back to her and we are shown that the woman is in fact Tamara. When it's August's turn to see the Dragon, he is made to give up his whale-necklace in order to receive the treatment, as well as a large sum of money. Not being a