In this chapter, we learn that the girl is not eating well and that she is refusing to see the minister, her biological father. She also refuses to meet her mother, her siblings, and even her own father. The lieutenant says that he does not think she will allow him to enter the camp, but that he will take him to the drip immediately. He tells the dog that everything is his fault, and that he is the only one who "survived." He says that the snake will "throw a fit" if he is not taken care of. The dog says he is sure he will not run away since he likes having sex with her, but rattles it seems like he has been rewarding her instead of punishing her all this time, and the lieutenant says he will stick together until he is all better. He asks the dog if he thinks he can beat the b-stards, but the dog replies that he doesn't, and he says that even though he is famous for cutting through the battlefield, he never gets tired of fighting. He adds that even the reptiles can win the war without the men's help. He says the war is not won by occupying one place like this, but by capturing the lost lands. He wonders why he is wasting his youth in a place where he might die, and asks if he can change his mind about dying