This chapter's epigraph is from a poem by a famous poet, Henry David Thoreau. It's a poem about a man who's been wronged by his wife's unfaithful husband. The poem's title is "Dismantling Evil and the Punishment," and it's about the man who wronged his wife. He's the one who was wronged, and he's angry. He tells the boy that he'll make him a cripple and make him watch the boys rape and beat up his friends. The boy is so angry that he doesn't even notice that his wife has been raped and beaten. He screams at the boy to "beat them" and "rape my friends" . He says that he will kill all of the men in the city and that he won't stop until he kills all of them. He also says that the boy is "calm and indifferent" , and says that his boss is the "lord of the city" and that his city is "an amethyst-level martial master." The boy says that if he can just get on his knees and "bark like dogs," he can escape the city.