Summary

The chapter opens with Jeffrey watching the monitor. The monitor shows a scene of three men taking turns pouring kerosene on themselves. They light themselves on fire and react very calmly about their deaths. Jeffrey turns around a notices a 40-year-old women standing behind him. She gestures to him to follow her. He does and they enter a room with a view-slot.

Jeffrey looks through the slot and sees a meeting. In the meeting room is a large wooden table with a man and a woman sitting at it, a large decorated human skull, and individuals sitting on benches (who are most likely the funders of the project). The woman at the table compares the project to those who travel to Mecca. She explains that what they are doing here is more personal. He notices his father sitting on one of the benches...