In this chapter, we learn that not all of our comrades are touched by Acro's "heart's power" . In fact, some of them are afraid of him. He's made a big difference in his own power, and he's not going to let anyone else do the same for him. The only reason they're alive, he says, is that he and Hirose are the only ones who've been touched by his power. He compares himself to a long-ago story about a group of people who amassed a lot of wealth and resources, but eventually gave up on life and moved to the edge of the earth. They abandoned their flesh, and the land they ruled fell into a corner. Under the leadership of their leader, the people turned to the use of their last resort, which was to kill themselves. This is the same story that Agamemnon used to tell us about his own people. He says that he was given the ability to grant death, and that by adhering to the people, he was able to "rediscovered" his own sense of self.