The chapter opens with a soliloquy by Enoshima, in which he laments the fact that the sun has not yet reached its full potential. He laments that the stars will not be able to reach their full potential until the sun reaches its maximum brightness. Enoshima then turns his attention to the question of whether or not the sun will reach its full capacity. He asks whether the sun's rays can be harnessed to increase the amount of energy in the universe, and whether this will increase the speed at which the sun can reach its maximum speed. He also asks whether this is a good idea, because if the sun were harnessed to its full power, it would only increase the population of the universe by a small amount. He then asks whether it would be better to harness all of the energy in one place, or to use all of it in a number of places at once. He concludes that the only way to achieve this goal would be to harness the full force of the sun.