In the chapter 2 they talk about the philosophy and last meal to prepare to launch Ransom on his journey and discuss about language which they , who study language , are philologist. because they crave to understand all of the old solar language . And Ransom assures him that the language won't be any problem for him. Ransom became well-versed in that language when he visited Mars the year before. He explains to the narrator the language he is speaking of was once the common language, but the "great tragedy" erased it completely. Ransom further attempts to explain to the narrator how the battle with the evil he is to meet is different from the strictly moral battles they are accustomed to.