In this chapter, Petrov explains that he has been reborn after seven years of being burned alive. He wishes that he had killed his father, but neither he nor Lazarus were "bad people" . Instead, they are just "ruffians" , and Petrov is the only one who can claim that he "outperformed" Lazarius. He tells Petrov that if he wants to be a puppet leader, he should "express our appreciation for your ex-termination work . . to take revenge on lazarus and unite the people. Petrov says that each time they met, it showed him just how trivial his ambitions were. The government of Karakum lost control over the "chaos caused by bugs" and the "vil lage" was devoured by "roving bands of thugs". He says that he is leaving his father "the god that lazarius could not forsake" and his former name ". He asks Petrov not to complain to him when he gets a stomach ache, but to go back to his room.