In this chapter, Roxane tries to convince Roxane to join her team. She tells him that joining her team is the best way for her to learn about her enemies. She says that she's planning to beat Roxane, too, and that she doesn't know how working for Roxane will benefit her. She asks Roxane if she can buy food for her, and he says that it's a big undertaking for him. He tells her that he's not going to work for food, so he'll use Roxane as a "punching bag" to relieve his stress. Roxane tells him to ask someone else. She wants to know why he picked the theme of "men's fashion" for his pants. He says that he just had an epiphany and decided to use pants as a way to achieve "harmony" . He wants to make pants that are "soft and curvy" , so that they won't hug his body too closely . She explains that she needs pants with "rib - knit cuffs" and " tapered jeans - rib - pants . . tapered pants are pants that originated from traditional Muslim clothes . so you'll want soft and curvy material . she says that you should keep the straight lines of the pants from hugging the body too tightly . This is the most difficult part of making pants, she says, because the pants have to be made in such a hurry.