Chapters 4-6 Summary

In Chapter Four, the creature approaching Burton is an alien named Monat. It speaks to him, and asks him if he knows the reason they have been brought back. The alien tells Burton that he came to earth in 2002. It also asks Burton why the other humans in the area appear to be so frightened, and Burton responds that the people probably think they are in hell. Other humans begin to separate themselves from the crowd. Burton spots what he thinks of as a subhuman, and another man approaches him named Frigate. He blames the alien for his death in 2008, but is not angry with Monat, explaining that the alien had only been protecting his own homeworld. Frigate suggests that they join up in order to protect themselves from the other people. Everyone around them is more or less in a...