After Moon-Watcher has killed one of the Others, we are told that, "Now he was master of the world, and he was not quiet sure what to do next. But he would think of something." And so it is with the Star- Child, despite millions of years of evolution and the intervention of an alien intelligence: "Then he waited, marshalling his thoughts and brooding over his still untested powers. For though he was master of the world, he was not quite sure what to do next. But he would think of something."