The narrator tells us that the story is a purely fictional one, and that there's no intention to describe real events or people in the setting. It's just a coincidence that the tentacles are still listening to the voice of Eros. Eros is so slow that he can barely control one of his eight tentacles. Eros asks if brother did it on purpose, but Eros says that he found a puppet that looked like avit so he could punish him. Eros says he's so nervous that he doesn't want to let the lord god see through his disguise. First of all, he says, you have to say, "I don't love you." This is the first command Eros gives to the puppet, and it's a good one. He says, "hug tightly you." The puppet is so excited that it can't wait to add his own lines. The narrator says that the puppet's voice seems like it'll only improvise