This chapter's epigraph comes from a conversation between Dr. Rivers and Lockwood, who are discussing the recent events at Lockwood's school. Lockwood tells Rivers that the fleeing student is a "reckless maniac" , and that the rapists are "meant to be archenemies of our family" . Rivers replies that "lim mages" with strong mind defenses usually have the ability "to read and sense emotions of others" and that "fate" probably played a part in the attack on Lockwood