This chapter's epigraph comes from a famous line in Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice. It's about a guy who's been stabbed in the back by the past, and the past stabs him back in the present. This guy is sauvant, the protagonist of the play. He's in the middle of a fight with Arameese, and he's worried that the past is trying to kill him. He wants to break the fight down into smaller pieces, so he can use the primal slash he saw in the previous chapter to break it down. He also wants to use the decapitator he saw earlier in the play to help him. The primal slash is a kind of sword-like weapon, but it doesn't have the power of a sword. It has a core that's supposed to protect it, but the core is too weak to withstand the attack. So, it's going to have to be destroyed. The decaptor's sword is a cannonball-shaped weapon, which is supposed to blow up an idol when it hits it hard enough. The cannonball will blow up the idol when the dance is over, because the idol is made of golems, which are small, non-living things that are created by the cannonball's energy. This is a great idea, because it'll help sauvant to get away from his beloved.