In this short scene, we are introduced to a young man who has just returned from a trip to France. We are told that the young man, who is called "Aoi," is very curious about what is going on in the world around him. He wants to know what people are doing to him, but he is afraid that he will not be able to be gentle with them. He tells us that he does not want to be "gentle" with anyone, and that he is not going to "be gentle" with "men" . The young man tells the narrator that he cannot hear him, and the narrator tells him that he can hear him only through his own voice. He then tells the man that he should tell him