This chapter's epigraph comes from a line from the play's opening scene, in which a young woman named Evangeline is described as a "good wizard" and an "evil wizard" . The young woman explains that she is a witch and that her son, Nemo, is a "wind magic" expert. She explains that Nemo's father summoned eight "spiritus aeriales" , or spells, at once, and she was able to beat him. Nemo, however, is not a witch, and he does not have a partner to help him in his quest to defeat his father.