The scene opens with a soliloquy by Enos, in which he bemoans the fact that the two ships have sunk, creating a "huge whirlpool" that will "create a huge whirlpool" . Enos says that if he were alive, he would rather die than face the "dignity" of a duel with the emperor's soldiers. He tells Enos that the Western Empire's army has been routed, and that he and Enos will "show them the consequences" of going to war against the emperor