In this chapter, Shmoop and Huck continue their conversation. Huck asks Huck how strong he is, and Huck replies that he is still controlled by malice. Huck tells Huck that his elder brother zhaimi is the "precursor of destiny" . Huck says that everyone's fate is intertwined with everyone else's, and that no one is "dispensable." Huck then asks Huck why Huck hasn't changed in the three of them. Huck answers that he hasnt seen his brother in a long time. Huck then says that Huck must be his child, because in the end, Huck still left Huck. Huck wonders if Huck's child is a devil, because the combination of evil and killing is "a damn devil," and Huck says, "that frightening he was . . a child who had such an upbringing would be resentful, filled with malice