- D-503 is assigned to Auditorium 112. This freaks him out because he did the math (he does a lot of math) and the odds of coincidence are very small.
- The lecture consists of a treatise on logic and a 20th Century story about a "Wild Man" trying to make it rain.
- It goes on to suggest that no one could possibly have done anything worthwhile back in the old days, when we needed "attacks of inspiration, an extinct form of epilepsy" (4.6) to make music. In this new world, they can crank out three sonatas an hour using math! Stupid creativity. What good is it?
- I-330 comes to the front, wearing a black dress—presumably non-regulation—and starts playing an ancient piano. For a brief moment, it affects D-503 very deeply.
- The modern dirges start and D-503 is once again his old robotic self.
- He rushes home for his designated booty call with O-90.
- Afterwards, he talks to O-90. She cries on it and it blurs his writing. He'll have to rewrite it. She really wants a baby. A lot.