Peri goes looking for Azur on campus and runs into Troy again. When he learns she hopes to take Azur’s seminar, Troy warns Peri away from Azur before giving her directions to his office. Azur’s office is empty, and as Peri enters to wait, she discovers a siskin trapped inside. As she tries to help it escape out the window, Azur arrives, and a flustered Peri apologizes profusely for barging in.

When Azur learns Peri wants to take his seminar, he asserts the class is full but reveals there may be an opening soon as a boy needs to drop out; Peri deduces that this student is Troy. Azur asks Peri why she wants to join his class, and she expresses her ambivalence about God. Azur explains he is the last person to come to for clarification, stressing that his class is not about belief but knowledge, a spirit of inquiry, and the willingness to do hard work and research are essential. Azur hands Peri a copy of the syllabus, and before she leaves, remarks on how she has the three Cs necessary to study God: confusion, curiosity, and complicatedness or chaos.