This chapter opens with a discussion between a "reliable senior sex" and a "grown-up adult" . The adult is complaining about his senior sex, who is "dead drunk for" and "beggaring" him. He complains that his sex has been "distanced" from him, and that he is going to discuss "new serious" with her. The senior sex complains that he has to go to the bathroom, and the adult complains that it was all his fault that he had to go. He tells her that he learned a great deal from her, and he wants to tell her about his new "serious" skirt. He asks her to use the fabric to cover his legs, but she refuses to do so, saying that the fabric has gotten loose and that they need to stitch it back together. She tells him to go home and cover the fabric with her jacket, but he refuses, saying he cannot stretch the fabric and that it did not solve the problem. She asks if they can stop by a place to sew the fabric back together, and she says that if she were to ride a train like that, she would be in trouble. She says that she can see her butt clearly, and wonders if there is a good place to stop and stitch the fabric together. He says that he cannot do it, because he saw her skirt ripped the other day. She complains that she has to take the fabric off, because the adult is talking about "having sex," and she wonders if he feels that way because she saw his skirt ripped. She blames herself for the situation, and asks if she can take it off.