The chapter opens with a soliloquy by Johnnie Christmas. He tells the audience that he is Ani's prisoner, and that she is keeping him bound against her will. He asks Ani to show him to the Stockade, but she refuses, saying that the prison is too small for her. Ani tells Johnnie that she knows who can free her, and she tells him that the raiders' ships were "living beings" that released deadly toxins into the air. She says that the solution to the problem is simple: both Ani and Johnnie must be chained together for a long time, so that they can "intuit" each other's intentions.