This chapter's epigraph comes from a line in the novel's first chapter. It's a line from the novel in which the narrator says something like, "I don't know what I'm doing here, but I've got a feeling it's going to be a long, hard fight." In this chapter, however, he's not talking about a long fight. He's talking about breaking the formation. The narrator says that the formation has been blessed with the power of God, but that's nothing more than a bunch of "wandering tail" and "beggaring god" . The reason why he stayed in the city was to stop the troublemakers, he says, and he'll shut the guys up immediately. The dude's got a bad case of the plague, and the dude needs to get out of the way ASAP. He says that he can't wait for the guy to die, but he'd rather wait for him to die than fight him with brute force. He reminds the dude that this guy is his bloodshot commander, so he doesn't need to worry about anything. He tells the dude to take a rest, and then he asks if they're all right. They're tired, he tells them, and they need to get some rest. He also tells them that they've fallen into their trap, and that they should split up the group to clean up the city. He warns the dude not to follow him, because he