The chapter opens with a description of the anti-magnetic coon spring, which is used to repair the gravity reactor. The narrator tells us that he is from a different part of the world than the rest of the crew. He tells them that they must shut down the reactor because it is going haywire. He explains that he tried to repair himself while he was stranded in this place for ten years, but he did not have enough essential materials to do so. He suggests that they shoot a hole through the impeller of the reactor and then they will be able to get to the next cave.