In this chapter, the reader is introduced to a new character, the "speper." He is a creature of the underworld who has been living in captivity for the past 20 years. He is not a member of the human race, but rather a "lonely" creature. He does not know how to respond to the advances of the other creatures, but he does know that he is a threat to the unity of the two species. The two of them meet in a cave in the middle of the night, and the two men discuss the nature of the relationship between them and the other animals. They discuss the possibility of a sexual union between them, but they do not discuss the details of such a union. They decide that it would be better for them both if they did not engage in such a sexual act.