The narrator is surprised to find that he feels un-sexed when he hears the word "sex" from the thud of a man's hand. He wonders if he could teach him how to do it, and wonders where he could find a true "gay" . The narrator tells him that he is not with him today, but that he has something important to tell him. He tells the narrator that it is hard to leave a man alone, and that even if he did, he would feel like holding the man and killing him.