In this chapter, Caio continues his attack on Little Em'ly. He tells the boy that he will kill him if he does not cooperate. He also tells him that he and Caio share the same fate: they will both be killed. Caio eats the flowerstone that he was given by the girl, and he tells the child that he is going to kill him as well. The child is horrified at the idea of his father's death, but Caio reassures him by saying that if he had swallowed the poisonous flowerstone, he would not have been involved in the plot. He then instructs the child to kill all the men in his path.