The chapter opens with a conversation between a student named Zillah and another student named Jui-jin. Zillah is a member of the student council and has just been selected as one of the new recruits to the council. He is excited to be the new leader of the council, but he is also nervous about meeting the other new recruits. The two of them discuss the upcoming meeting of the discipline department, which is to be held in the same room as Zillah's meeting