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Nicolas' isolation grows, leading him to experience rage towards his peers, notably during a confrontation with a friend that results in an attack motivated by fear and aggression. Following this incident, his mother commits him to a hospital where he undergoes medical observation, revealing more about the unsettling secrets of the island.
During his time in the hospital, Nicolas encounters other boys who exhibit signs of having undergone similar treatments, raising the haunting question of their collective fate. The tension escalates when he realizes the nurses are involved in performing cesarean sections on the boys, extracting peculiar creatures from their abdomens as part of a gruesome reproductive process that hints at their alien nature.