This chapter's epigraph comes from a poem by the famous poet Alexandre Dumas. The poem tells the story of a young man who has been poisoned by a cold-blooded man. The young man, who is a friend of the poet's, asks the poet what he should do to save his friend. The poet replies that he should give the young man back the power of his body to rid the body of the cold toxin. If he does not do so, he will lose all of his power and he will be unable to protect him. He tells the poet that the prince of Daxie will protect him from now on, and that he will take care of the boy. He thanks the poet for everything, for exposing