In this chapter, we learn that the icethorn octopus has been chosen to be immortal. This means that he will be able to transform into any number of other kinds of super-powers, including being able to freeze in time. He is also able to create a "frozen illusion regeneration" , which is like a kind of "self-regeneration" . This is a really bad idea, because it means that the monster will be unable to regenerate itself. The only way to do this is to destroy the tentacles, which are the weakest link in the octopus's chain of command. We learn that this isn't a good idea, since the tentacles are too weak to be destroyed. It's better to destroy them all at once, since they'll be harder to get back at later. We also learn that they're only about 30 seconds away from the end of the training, so they've got a lot of time to kill the monster.