The chapter opens with a flashback to a time when the narrator was a child. He was worried about his fish feeling trapped. He worried that they would not be able to adapt to his presence. He wonders if this is the case with his current co-worker, who is rumored to be having an affair with a manager. He asks the manager to come to his office and refute the rumors. He also asks the company to have dinner with him on the terrace of the seventh floor, where they can have a bite to eat together. The narrator tells the company that he is leaving his job at the company and will open his own design studio.