This chapter's epigraph comes from a conversation between a soldier and his son. The soldier tells his son that his exercise is not about how good he is, but about team effort. When he acted alone, his team was distracted and worried about him, and their plan was disrupted. The boy tells his father that there are "lone heroes" in the real world, but he doesn't think there are such people in the movies. He says that real heroes fight alone because they attract "brave, strong, and like-minded people" to assist them. He believes that one day, he will be a hero, but before that, he needs to build up his strength. The son asks his father if he is okay, and the soldier tells him that they followed him to the health center. They didn't want to risk their lives for strangers, he says, because they only knew each other for a short time, and they don't know each other well enough to know that they would be at risk for strangers. He tells the boy that if he had asked them to come along, they would have risked their lives to save him and his father. The sound of an earthquake is heard, followed by the sound of a digger. The smell of blood rises in the