This chapter's epigraph comes from a famous poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "The Ballad of the Gundam." In this poem, the gundam is described as "a ferocious beast, gluttony" . The gundam's strength comes from the fact that he is made of bone. He is afraid of the dragon because of his humphiness, but he is also full of power. He tells the girl that if she does not fight for their goal, he will be doomed. The girl is shocked to find that she is surrounded by enemies. She is also shocked to learn that her guardian angel has disappeared. She realizes that because of this gundam, the girl is his weakness.