The narrator introduces us to a new character named "Han-Hoan" . He's a first-year student who's been looking for his friend, Tom-Rowe. The narrator tells us that he's looking for him everywhere, and that he has a new cell phone to send him a message. The class is about to begin, so the narrator runs off to find his friend. He tries to find him in the hallway, but he can't find him. He runs back to his room, where he finds that his room is "almost a pig pen." He asks where his mom is, and she says that she went to see some friends. He asks if there are siblings at home, and her answer is that she has a younger brother, a sophomore, who is in middle school, so she always wanted to have a brother.