Chapter 9 Summary

Ransom first sees destruction on Perelandra. He finds the beautiful frogs he was so fascinated by ripped apart while still alive. He struggles to kill one to put it out of his misery and then finds many more. He follows the stream of destruction to where he finds Weston methodically tearing them apart while alive. He realizes it is not really Weston, but Weston's body overtaken by an evil entity. As he approaches he realizes the Weston-thing is again conversing with the Green Lady.

The Bent One, or the Un-Man, who possesses Weston's body, is still trying to convince the Green Lady to inhabit the Fixed Land. His convoluted arguments are designed to continue to try and convince the Green Lady that obedience means showing disobedience. He attempts to convince her the Maleldil cannot tell her to make up her own mind, but...