In this chapter, Zwingli explains that he is not dead. He says that the people who have died have all been taken away by the vines. The flow of time inside the vines was made of human's moments. When the ship approaches, the men have to run away as fast as they can. He explains that pestilence allied with famine to set up the prank. Pestilence caused the lotuses to become devourers. The moments absorbed from the ordinary people will serve as supplements for the famine kid. Thus those who died looked so old. Once moments inside the body are taken away , the cells of the body lose the ability to support time particles, which leads to aging and finally apoptosis. What a tragedy. However, he says, it is appropriate to let