In this chapter, Dr. Rivers tells Dr. Bledsoe that he is the only person in the world who has the power to alter the course of history. He is the one who can alter the destiny of the entire family. He can do this by transforming the entire clan into a single family, and he can also alter the destinies of the individual members of the family by transforming them into single individuals. Dr. Norton agrees to this plan, but he is not happy about it.