This chapter opens with a soliloquy by the Lord of the Rings, Milton, in which he says that he is not afraid of death. He says that if the land is left like this one day, he will die. He tells us that aquila has told him that if he does not stop mother from coming to the tree, she will "kill everyone" . He asks if he is even human, and wonders if it is because he is half plant. He wonders if he can dissect the tree and kill it, and if it has anything to do with him. He thinks that sending the tree to the other side of the world might be a way to heal the land, but he knows that it will be difficult to find a new land.