This chapter's epigraph comes from a soliloquy by Du Du, the leader of the Phaedra. He tells Du Du that he is a monster and that he will kill him if Du does not let him down. Du says that he has fought many battles, but that he cannot compare to the general, who bested him by a hundred men five days earlier. Du claims that the ship has sunk into the sea, and that the men have set up a hunting ground on the front door. Du has a plan. If it succeeds, he says,