In this chapter, we learn that Barabato has been experimenting with food to see if he can make it taste better than the food he's been using in the lab. He's even been experimenting in the kitchen, which makes us think that he might actually be able to make food taste better. Barbato tells us that he and his crew are making progress toward "nothingness" . He says that he built his new estate on the "farest, smallest moon" , so that it will provide some relief from the war that's ravaging the rest of the world. He also explains that he has removed the outer layer of quartz from his left arm so that the "rabble crunch bunch rumble" doesn't bother him anymore. He wants to know why he hasn't brought him to the moon sooner.