The next morning, the lieutenant colonel and the major discuss the situation on the ground. The lieutenant colonel tells the colonel that the lieutenant has sent one of his men to their deaths, and that the major has sent another to the deaths of the lieutenant's men. The colonel says that he wants to relieve the soldiers of their burden of thinking so that they can focus on killing and surviving. He tells the lieutenant that some decisions are too heavy for a single soldier to bear, and he asks the lieutenant to analyze every possible combination and memorize the appropriate order. He then asks the colonel to tell him how he feels about the empire, and the lieutenant replies that he is now sworn enemy of him and his country men. He says that they have securized a safe zone and that he would like to go with them. He asks the captain if he still wants to go. The captain tells him that he does not want to go, but the captain says he will go anyway.