The chapter opens with a soliloquy by a student named gra, who tells the reader that he is a slacker. He tells his friend, Tamara, to get up and go to the shower, because she is a "stickler" for deadlines. He says he is lucky to have two intelligent and beautiful roommates, who are always willing to help him out with their homework. He asks Tamara to let him take a peek before class so that he can see what the other students are doing. Tamara says that she doesn't want to know about the homework, but he says that he handed in his assignment early for extra credit. He complains that Tamara has already gotten more out of him than he cares to think about. He then tells Tamara that he thinks a new student named arrivino is cute, and Tamara tells him to take a seat before anyone eats flesh from him. He comments that he has need of her "before anyone tastes flesh." Tamara then tells him that he looks like a "harried prey" and that he should slow down his pace next time. She says that this has been fun and that she has gotten to know him better, but that she is going to go back to school.