In this chapter, we learn that Ulysses has been to the tomb of the "true ancestor" , and that the coffin lid has been moved . The wind is blowing from the crack in the stones, and the well under the lid is filled with a "terrifying breath" . Ulysses tells us that he's going to find a rope and head down to the well. The sound of the earthquake is coming closer and closer, and we hear the voice of the record officer. Ulysses says that he killed the pu in order to get rid of the old woman. The old woman is not a living thing, he says, and she's just outside the tomb. He says that the tunnels and machinery underneath the tomb are full of clues to his family. The days where Ulysses and the pu were together were really happy, but the smiles were fake. Ulysses explains that he is a "virtuous body" and that he and the other members of his family are a new species. He tells Ulysses to get out of the way and let the two of them go.