In this chapter, we learn that the team is trying to shut off the tentacle, but that's not going to be an easy task. It's going to take them a long time to figure out what the heck is going on, and they're going to have to kill the guy before he can do anything. So they've got to find a way to get rid of the tentacle. They're also going to need a new set of hands to do the job, so they'll have to find someone to do it for them. The team is all freaked out by the idea that they might be able to kill someone before they kill them, and the guy says he's just trying to make sure they don't get killed before he kills them. He's got a lot on his mind right now, and he doesn't want to be the one to die. He wants to get the job done ASAP, so he grabs the tentacle and starts to fight. He thinks he won the fight, but then he realizes that the rest of his arm is gone. He starts to choke again, and then he starts to feel manly again. He says that he'll protect the guy from the interlopers, so long as they have his contract. He wonders if the giant woman is actually a giant woman, or if she's a giant man. He also wonders if they should ask the giant man what he wants to do to kill him, since he already knows what's been going on. He knows that he can't do anything about it, since it's all part of his contract, but he wonders if he should ask them what they want him to do. Then he wonders why they'