In this chapter, we learn more about the mission of the Leviathan, which is to create a human colony on the moon. We learn that the crew is made up of a doctor, a carpenter, anabelle, and a young man named David Grisme, who is the father of the young man. The doctor tells the crew that he has been expecting them for a long time, and that they have been expecting him for a very long time now. The men ask him why he chose to kill the children, and he says that he doesn't understand their questions.