The frog speaks to the flying horses: "Do you know that if that monstrous clock explodes, fire will consume us and we'll be transported to the Ice Age? And if the Civilizational Clock continues to accelerate, we'll be transported to the Flaming Age. So, which of the two clocks do you choose?" The horses reply: "We choose the monstrous clock. Perhaps we'll freeze there and turn into monsters, living with the aliens. But the second clock's flames never end. But what is the solution to this predicament?" The frog then speaks to the robotic dwarf, Sialy: "Perhaps the situation you were placed in, boy, and your transformation into a dwarf and then into a machine, is related to one of the clocks. This means that your body has experienced either an accelerated or a flaming phase, and both have transformed you into half-machine and half-civilized. Be an example to end this conflict. You must return to your natural state."