The chapter opens with a description of the "unprecedented tectonic shifts" taking place in the world. The human race is changing, and the earth is pushing back. Bixby Hardman is one of the few agents who has been able to stay ahead of his pursuers. He tells the reader that he wants to be perfect, as his father is perfect, and that he is frustrated because he wants more. He says that the young man told him that he should give up everything, but that he just wants more, more wisdom, more faith, more devotion, more and more devotion. He asks if anyone knows what they're doing in Beirut, but the narrator tells him that it's not a big city, but rather a night street station. The narrator says that everyone here loves their dog, and they love their country, too, but they will each pursue a target possessed of power. The authorities will cooperate, the narrator says, and he says that they will all pursue people who have lives that are a curse on this earth. He then asks if he doesn't need his help, because he knows that the beirut is under the control of the French authorities. He wonders if the authorities don't know what they are doing there, and wonders if they are missing out on something important. He suggests that they stop if they have real information, and says that it would be hard for them not to. He adds that if the revolution were to take place, the targets would be the lands, time, and space, and " trillion tiny explosions in every nuclear atom" of his body. He also tells the narrator that the poor imam deserved better from him, but then he thinks that the whole thing seems to "blend together"