The narrator explains that the only way out of the island is to go to the "Paradise Ate That's Right" . He compares the time difference between the mud slabs on the island and the time it takes them to get to the top of a giant pillar in the middle of a swamp. The time difference is so great that it would take them seven years to get there by foot. The narrator says that he's here to save his girlfriend, who is pregnant with his child. They only have two hours before the time is up. They can swim to the bottom of the swamp, but the water is so deep that they can't figure out what's going on.