The narrator introduces us to a young man who is a freshman at the university. The narrator asks the young man why he is there. The young man tells him that he is a member of the university's technology club, which focuses on cutting-edge technology in the era of the "global textbook." The narrator admits that he does not really want to join the club, but he promises that he will change his mind once he sees how much better the club members are than him. He then asks the man to let him go, but the man refuses, saying that he has been ignoring him lately. The two of them part ways, and the narrator goes home.