In this short scene, we learn that the narrator has just returned from a trip to Japan, where he met with Hiroshi and Toda. Hiroshi has come to say hi to Toda, and Hiroshi tells him that he is as beautiful as before, and that he has made a gift for Toda: a bouquet of flowers. The narrator asks Toda if she likes flowers, and she says that she does, but that she doesn't like flowers as much as she likes Hiroshi. She tells the narrator that she feels like the professor is hitting on her, and the narrator says that he's just asking for the impossible, because his beality is too great to be compared to anyone else's. He says that this is a relief, because he spent a great deal of time thinking about it, and now he feels happy to hear her say that. He wonders how she could be so sweet, and wonders why she looks so red, and then he wonders if she's having a crush on the professor. She says that's fine, but she has a problem with his tastes, and says that the professor's "way too old" to be a part of the revolution.