In this chapter's epigraph, the narrator laments the fact that his life is going to be "quicker" than it was when he graduated from college. He laments that he will be single and will repeat his grades in ninth grade. He also laments his cousin's reaction to the news that he has children. The narrator, who is now 25 years old, tells his friend that he is "going through a mystic phase" when he is a child. He explains that the cards told him that he would have a husband and two children, but that they did not foresee him getting divorced as quickly as he did. He tells the narrator that his cousin is "freaking me out" by talking about his career and his life, and that he should listen to her instead of judging her. He suggests that the two of them get together and "undervalues her work" .