As long as he can leave the island safe with the message from the temple, Black-Eyed Rock will live. He says he'll let him go, after making sure he's safe. He doesn't care whether he lives or dies, he just wants to make sure he is safe. White Wood's foresight, he says, is a message for life, and he can kill him immediately if he refuses to accept his terms. He's met a funny enemy, he tells us, and it's the first time he has met such an enemy. He tells White Wood that he can't wait for him to die, because he still hasn't settled things with him when they were kids. He reminds him that he bullied White Wood for killing White Wood, and that he still wants to kill him. He warns White Wood not to come to the island either, because it'll be dangerous. He also tells him to leave in pieces after kidnapping him, because the divinevoice will abandon his reasoning if he attacks him. The only thing he can think of to do is to kill White Wood before he dies. He promises to get White Wood to hand over the location of the book of reckoning to him, so he can get her to decipher the message. If White Wood thinks that it is worth it, he can give it to him.