the uninjured imbocans assault paul, but are halted by uxia and a monstrously deformed imbocan who is revealed to be uxia's and paul's father. uxia explains that paul's human mother escaped from imboca years ago, but now that paul has returned, he will be her lover and they will dwell with dagon forever. trapped, paul pours the last of the kerosene over his own body and sets himself on fire. uxia grabs him and dives into the water, where paul sprouts gills. with no choice left, he follows uxia down into dagon's undersea lair.