This chapter's epigraph comes from a famous line from Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice. It's a quote from the play's title character: "Clunk, clank ho / Clank od / Bavan, attack!" . This is a reference to the fact that the Linn clan is the fifth-most powerful clan in the world. The Linn clan has been fighting against the Bastard of Venice for centuries. The Bastard is a sixth-tier member of the clan, which means that he's not as powerful as the other fifth-tier members of the Linn family. This means that they're even more powerful than they were when they first defeated Venice, and that's why they've been fighting for so long. They're so powerful, in fact, that they can't even attack Venice. They should just run away and die. This guy is a fifth-class member, so they should just kill him. They don't need to kill him, says the Linn soldier, because they already killed him. He's sorry, but he still wants to go back to Venice. He begs his uncle to forgive them for attacking Venice. The old man agrees, and the two of them go inside.