The narrator introduces us to a wealthy lady named Iris, who kneels beneath her skirt to greet a rich man. The narrator tells us that she's a member of a wealthy family, and that many men kneel beneath her skirts. She's wearing a diamond ring, which is the most important thing in her life, but she also has a man named Fatso, who mocks her for it. She tells him to stop making fun of her, and she promises to ignore him the next time she runs into a higher-ranking man. She also tells him that he's going to be her enemy, and he promises not to do it again. He tells her that he was a military mechanic, which means he was trained as a scout, but he didn't like being a scout because he was afraid of dying. He also tells her about a camp called the 16th Armored Mecha-Division Reconnaissance Battalion, where he works as a team leader.