In this chapter, the young narrator, who is now thirty-three years old, reflects on his life. He wonders if he will ever see his old friend again, and wonders if the time they spent together was all meaningless. He also wonders if this is the last time they will see each other. He compares this chapter to anesaki's first published article, which changed his life, and compares it to the article she wrote for a magazine that changed her life. She wrote this article because she wanted to be a journalist, he says, and she wrote it because she was attracted to the idea of being a journalist.