In this short scene, the protagonist reflects on his life. He says that he always wanted to find happiness, but that when he weighed the wrong amount of weight, he chose the latter option. He tells us that he used to think that if he just tried harder, he could find happiness later, but when he was weighed down by the weight of his past, he decided to pursue happiness on the "scales of sex" rather than on "the scales of happiness" . He compares himself to a spiny lobster and miso soup, and says that the fish appear to have disappeared. The protagonist asks the protagonist if he goes to parties and clubs, and the protagonist replies that he only gets together and drinks with his girlfriends once or twice per year. When the protagonist asks him if he is the type who drinks because it is fun, he responds that he was "a little rough" , and that he wants to talk to him. He wants to teach him that life is too short to complain about, that everyone dies someday, that today is the most important thing in life, that people should be happy and not worry about what they say, that it is too late to complain, that there is no need to worry about the future, that the world is full of people who will die someday, and so on. He asks if he could have met him like that, since he looks like his old doctor, and if he would have liked him even a little, because that is the "real me," that is, the person he is, no matter how ugly, dirty, or loud he is. He wonders why the protagonist would not join them, instead of going to clubs or parties, and drink, and ramble drunk, and run away with harsh reality. He wishes that he could be happy, because he would be seven years older than the protagonist, and he would not be able to work out