How It All Goes Down
- The author interjects. He summarizes Mr. Okamoto's official report, which offers a few theories on the sinking of the Tsimtsum but says they're all more or less unverifiable. The cause goes unexplained.
- In an aside, Mr. Okamoto commends Pi for his courage and endurance.
- Mr. Okamoto also reports that no other story in the history of shipwrecks compares to Pi's.