The narrator tells us that he's in the dorm of his little brother. He's got a student's identification, which means that he can go to the school library and get food without having to go to class. He also explains that nolan told him that documents are kept only in libraries of "alpha schools" in order to keep them from leaking information to the rest of the world. The narrator says that he has to bring his brother along so he can look after him, but he'll let him in and leave it to the students to pick up their books and sit next to him.