In this chapter, Ziggy and the rest of the gang discuss the future of the universe. They're talking about the stars and how they're going to get to them. Ziggy says that he's going to kill his son, shiki, because he thinks he'll be able to reach the stars. He doesn't understand why he has to kill a boy who's human, since the stars don't need human life. He says he raised the boy as his own, and sent him out to the stars to teach him about equality. He created a threat, he says, by using his own hands to do so. The only reason he can think of why he should kill shiki is because he is a human, and the stars have no need of human life, according to Ziggy. In other words, the stars aren't really going to need humans, because they've already got enough of them. But, he adds, if he can make an artificial life form out of the ether, he can use it to destroy the stars, just like he did with shiki and Elsie. He's not sure how long it will take, but he thinks it's a good idea.