In this chapter, we get a brief description of the insectoid, which is a special weapon that can be used to control a person's body temperature. It's a little like a cricket bat, except that it can only be used for a short period of time before it's useless. The insectoid's purpose, according to the narrator, is to "woosh" like a gun, reloading the body with its chemicals, so that the person can "balance" and "shift" from "insolable misery" to "total battle condition" . The narrator also tells us that while he was unconscious, they "crushed" the "barjack rebellion" , and now he's lost sight of his beloved alita. He asks her to come and free him from this "hell," and she says that she hopes she's okay. He also tells her that he has another special weapon, a "laser bug" that can convert and relay "tuned communi-cations" with "lasers." The narrator says that he stands for "justice in the world," and that everything is either "black or white." He tells the narrator that he found her, and that she must hate him just as he does. He tells him that after meeting him two times, he "grind against each other" and that he can't perform a single "good human ment" in the universe. He says that if he wanted to, he could use her, but that he'd have to "wake up" and do something. He'll return a "wise choice," he says, and they'll do what they can for the moment being. He adds that he