On Ysmault, Atrocitus philosophizes on the cacophony of competing Rages. He asks the corpse of Krona how he is supposed to choose which cry for vengeance takes priority, which one is more worthy than another. Does some pain demand greater vengeance? He asks Krona if he remembers Ghan IX and describes it as a planet engulfed in Rage, the universe in miniature. The Yuevers initially came to Ghan IX to stop a local war but that purpose was long forgotten. The planet has become a furnace of rage, pain, and hatred. Atrocitus then relates the story of one experience he had on Ghan IX. Two Yuever airships on patrol are attacked by missiles and one is destroyed. The two pilots of the surviving ship, Harr and Knapp, detect life-signs just below them and assume it to be the enemies that fired on the