In this chapter, we learn that the master of the mirror array is none other than Dr. Barlow. He's here to find out what's going down between the two of them. He wants to know why they're there, and he wants to talk to them. The master explains that he's looking for a "god" and that they've come to settle a score. He says that in the last six months, "beams of light" have fallen everywhere, causing people to "murder each other in the wake" . He also says that the silver-robed man is stronger than the black man, and that he can't "cut in" with his eyes. He tells the two men that it's "not sensible" for them to fight right now, and they should stop hiding their true powers. They should stop touching the butterflies and the poison butterflies, he says, and then they'll be able to "find answers" to their questions. He asks the master if he can talk to him from home, and the master says that he would like to do so as well. The two men talk about the incidents they witnessed the day before, and how they couldn't have possibly caused them. They don't want to "cover for him" , they say, because "the evidence clearly points . . cut off" instead of "focusing on