In this chapter, we learn that Ganymede is unable to get out of his good graces, and that he cannot replenish his power. He tells the silly kid that he will kill him if he tries to escape, but he will not kill him again if he wants to live. He says that he is his last hope, and they will both pay the price for what they have done to each other. He asks the kid if he thinks his trick can stop him and he can control him, and the kid says that it is toxic to them, and he tells the kid to take cover, because he is just a tool to get the body he wants. The kid tells him that he made him believe that he could control him and that the kid should stop him by this boundary. He compares the half-demons that have been killed by the academy to a heap