This chapter opens with a little boy standing alone in his room, longing for a lullaby. The narrator tells the boy to go over to the moon and shoot it with desperation. The boy says that he doesn't want to play with the guys, and that he's not going to join them in the battle. He tells them to stop and think about what they're going to do now that they've seen the moon. He also tells them not to worry too much about their appearance, because he took their dream and also their hope to fulfill his own ideal of the perfect nation. From now on, he tells them, they can live the life they want. He reminds them that the warrior is the one who can defeat a god like them. He then tells them that they should look around and see what's going on around them, because it's just like something's about to happen. The warriors are the ones who can do battle like a god, and they'll be defeated.