The Doll considers Rosie's meandering advice. It's interesting to hear Rosie herself describe it as confusing, as the Doll generally assumed any confusion must simply be a failing on her own part. After all, being a good doll meant learning about and understanding people.

"I want to be loved," the Doll says after a bit of thought, "as you are loved. I want everyone else to feel my love for them."

The Doll places articulated fingers over where her heart would be if she had one. "It is overwhelming, this love-ache. I would be anyone, for everyone. But I am not good enough at pretending to be real. Not yet. That is why I would learn from you."