This chapter's epigraph comes from a conversation between Zillah and Zillah's mother, who is in the middle of a conversation with her son. Zillah tells her son that his armor will cause a corrosion effect on any gray substance, and that the enemy is using the threads of his armor as camouflage. She tells him to summon his armor and escape once they light the place on fire. He tells her that he wants to kill the enemy, but he's not a match for him, because he burned nine people to death using the same method he used before. He says that burning the place is like lighting the room full of gas, and he tells Zillah not to breathe in the black smoke, as the house is filled with gray substance. He warns her that the elder relatives are still alive, and she tells him that there is a way for them to escape