The narrator explains that he needs to find a place near the school to live. He needs to rent a place with a subway station nearby, and he needs three months' rent and a month's deposit. He also needs to finish the manuscript he's been working on. He's happy to see him, but he can't quite get used to the idea of calling his own name. The narrator tells him to come downstairs and he'll take him to a place where he can work on his manuscript. He asks if he can finish the chapter before the deadline, and the narrator says he can. He tells the narrator to give him the manuscript that afternoon, and then he can help him with the rest of the manuscript.