Annelise, the editor of a manga magazine, comes to visit him. He wants to publish an artist's work in the magazine, and annelise is reluctant to do so. She tells him that her former partner, Tore, is using magic to draw, and that there's only one person who can draw well enough to do it. He's afraid that if he loses his security deposit, he'll be attacked by Tore's servant, who won't let him do anything. He tells her that he's been trying to draw for a living for years, and every time he tried, his work didn't get published. But now that Tore has gotten her big publishing deal, she's ready to do more serious work.