An introduction goes wrong when Aunt Sienna presents her nephew Ian Hardy, an S-rank Awakener, to neighbor Matt Gray and onlookers mock Matt’s stare. Taunts escalate into a pinch and demands for apology, clashing with pride. A nearby conversation warns that conceptual powers are flashy but weak early on and that being outnumbered is fatal. They move into a Null World shop without QR codes where only Null currency works. After a confused payment exchange, the clerk snaps, 'You owe me 10 Null coins!' The episode ends on that unpaid debt.