The narrator tells the audience that the palm of the young man is healthy and plump, and that he will live a long and happy life. His fingers are round, soft, and shiny, and he will be rich, happy, and healthy. He says that those with high status usually have soft, delicate, and round palms, and those who are poor usually have long, dry, and dull fingers. He tells the young men that he cannot read their palm, because he is one of those who has changed his or her identity. The narrator says that he remembers that according to history, people who are dying seem to die soon. The young man tells the narrator that he knows that he is dying, because the man who predicts the fate of a person seems to be able to predict that person's fate. He then tells the men that the man is trying to make them think he is awesome, but that everything he says is just bullsh*t. The men are horrified, and the narrator tells them to leave the palace.