This chapter's epigraph comes from a famous line in Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice. It's a line about a merchant who's about to go to the merchant's house, only to find out that the merchant is offering him a reward for killing an undead. The merchant is shocked, but he doesn't know what to do, so he leaves the room. The other disciples come in and try to talk to him, but the merchant refuses to listen to them. The two men bicker about whether or not they should talk to each other, and the merchant points out that they're both "brats" . This is a reference to the fact that this is a place where people are supposed to be looking for a reward, not just for themselves. The merchants try to convince the other disciples that they are seekers, but they don't have any proof to back up their claim. They've even had some circus performers try to trick them into thinking they are "seekers," but they'