The narrator asks the class rep what he thinks of the protagonist's stories. The class rep replies that the protagonist is a protagonist too. The narrator tells him that he is too weak to be a protagonist. He tells him to report this to the teacher. The teacher tells the protagonist that the class is still on a mission to grade. The protagonist tells the teacher that he was laughing at the teacher for losing his composure. He says that no one understands his techniques, his skills, and his moves. The force of nature, he says, is the hardest thing to control.