This chapter opens with a description of the destruction of the core of the hybrid. It is now ready to be dismantled, and the controls are set up to control the detonation of the outer shell. The control room is in chaos, as the ceiling hatch is opening and shutting, and there is no way to stop it. There is also an explosion going on in the control room, but they are unable to open the hatch because of the damage to the internal structure around the cockpit. The man in charge of the controls tries to calm the situation by saying that the man is not in danger, but that he is badly injured. He says that he will try to talk to the man, who is a member of the samari squad. He tells the man that he himself is a hybrid, and that he has lost his arm, but he will be able to move it again in no time.