In this chapter, we learn that the little hairless creature, furball, is a pet of Ganymede's, the god of the sea. He's a big fan of the "downy" texture of the creature's skin, and he's even fonder of it than the creature, Eros, who's got a bald patch on his head. The two of them argue about whether or not furball should be allowed to grow his hair back, and furball says that he'll have to shave his hair now if he wants to keep his hair. Eros, on the other hand, has lost consciousness, and his body temperature has spiked. He can't stop crying, because he feels like he is holding a "soldering iron" in his palms. Eros's body temperature is high, he says, and it's burning pain burning his body. He thinks that there's some kind of god who went "berserve" and is now at the "temple of glory" , but he still has a chance to transform back to the "demon god of desire" . He calls himself "avit," and he begs his father to forgive him, and to wake him up. Avit is bleeding profusely, and the only thing he can think to do is to stop it.