In this chapter, we learn that aghnar's father, Othon, has been trying to kill his son for the past ten minutes. Othon tells his son that if he doesn't kill the robot, he's going to die. Ooh, that's a lot of killing to do in a ten-minute period. But Othon says that if his son fails, then he'll follow him to his death, and if he succeeds, then Othon will accept his son as an invincible metabaron.