The Gun-toting Ant and Bonolenov keep fighting, and it never once manages to touch him. Suddenly it stops, and Bonolenov asks why it abandoned a fight that was aiming to silence its performance. The Ant dashes for the exit, going to fetch Pike — to bind Bonolenov in silk and stop the sound at the source. Across the palace, Feitan's umbrella-sword meets Zazan's stinger.