This chapter opens with a flashback to the beginning of the previous chapter, in which we are introduced to Cassius Clay and his fight with Alek. In this scene, we are told that Alek is fast and agile, and that Cassius Clay is too slow and weak to counter his opponent's speed and agility. The flashback also shows that Alek's strength is ten times greater than Cassius Clay's, and this is evidence that he is the first person Alek has seen in his second form. This is proof that Alek has been watching too many movies, and he has been using stimulants in his system, which is why he is so fast and so weak. This leads Alek to believe that his opponent is a "soldier king body" and that he will die if he does not stop fighting.