The narrator describes the eternal night as a place where "people are homeless trying to survive" . He tells us that there are two blimps that brought food to the continent, but that they are full of food only. He says that he can give them all to them, and that there is another half hidden in the ground. He asks if there is any sense of danger in the other half, and she says no. He begs them to take the girl, but they refuse, saying that the boy is too important to be taken away. The narrator says that the more people on the continent die, the more difficult it is for them to survive. He can't even save the boy, even if he has a key.