Now that he's in the middle of the fight, the monster realizes that he has to face the facts. He realizes that alita is calling for him, and he realizes that it's the same thing she was calling for when he was a child. He's afraid that she's going to kill him, but he can't do anything about it, because the monster has his own will and wants to be rid of him. He tells shumira that they're safe in the factory, but that's not good enough for alita. She's fighting on her own, and she doesn't want to be a burden to anyone else. She wants to do her own thing, she says. The monster says he'll bury her under the earth and with her, he says, his "shameful past of humiliation."