The narrator is glad he wore his glasses so he could see the fire in the distance. He thinks it's nice to be alone and not have to worry about what's going on around him. He's also glad he got to see him in the moonlight because he thinks he might dislike being alone. The narrator says he's glad he was able to see his reflection in the fire. He also says that he'd like to have been alone when he was sick when he came to Tokyo. He tells the narrator that if he were always with someone, he wouldn't want to be in the middle of the night alone. He says that if you were alone, you wouldn'