The chapter opens with a flashback to the beginning of the story, when the narrator explains that he is an android and that he has been living in the basement for the past two years. He tells the story of how he first revealed his identity at the funeral, and how Esther instilled in him a sense of purpose from the beginning. He explains that the first time he revealed that he was an android was when he went to the funeral. He says that Esther instilled purpose in him from the moment he was born, and that she told him that he would never be allowed to live alone because he was so smart. The narrator tells the chess player that he should not have to draw lines like that, since it is a bet that is advantageous to him anyway. The chess player asks why he did not clear out the living room and the kitchen, and the android's room as it was. He replies that he wanted to see the bet, since there was no point in insisting if he didn't like the bet since it was advantageous to his anyway. He adds that he got caught trying to play the bet off by saying that it was broken. He nearly got dragged away to the research center, but he says that he doesn't have the choice for the lowest levels of citizens, since lying is just "a piece of cake". The narrator asks if he has seen the news of a soldier who was discriminated against because he received a full body suit for free. He asks if the soldier is acting, since he is not acting, and he says he hopes that the narrator will not ask him to do things he does not want to experience himself either. He then asks if she has seen about the news about the soldier who received a