Julian keeps Yadriel awake for most of the night with endless comments and questions. When he wakes to the sound of his alarm, Yadriel finds his room in complete disarray. Julian has spent the whole night practicing how to touch and move physical items without phasing through them. Yadriel tells Julian to stay in his bedroom for the rest of the day, but Julian sulks, doing his best to try and convince Yadriel to let him come to school. In the middle of their argument, Maritza arrives. Maritza and Julian vote to let Julian come with them. Yadriel admits that Julian might have a lesser chance of getting discovered at the high school, but he is wary:

When he was seven, Yadriel saw Lisa’s spirit in school. He didn’t know that she was dead and was ridiculed by the students in his class for appearing to speak to and play with someone who was not there. Maritza threatens Julian with a curse should he not behave himself at school. Yadriel is amused—brujx cannot actually curse people, but Julian doesn’t know that.