“once a gun appears in a story, it has to be fired.” He repeats this many times and in the end Aomame's gun is NOT fired. Many plot points are left unresolved: * the Little People are spinning something made out of beard hair - what is it? * What happens to the baby? * What about the pact? Aomame didn't die * What about the people that Sakigaki sent to follow the couple? * what else?