Looking for Alaska

Keeping up with his classes has proven easier than Miles expected; especially as he spends a lot of time reading. He typically listens in class, but, when Dr. Hyde starts talking about the Buddhist concept of interconnectedness, he finds himself looking out of the window. He is musing on the concept as it applies to the natural landscape, but Dr. Hyde reprimands him for his lapse in attention and tells him to leave the class for the rest of that day. Alaska thinks this is ridiculous, which prompts Dr. Hyde to order her to leave as well.

After they have left, Alaska tells Miles that there was no need for Dr. Hyde to humiliate him like that. Miles feels bad about the incident but admits that he was not paying attention and says that he still sees Dr. Hyde as a genius. Alaska, by contrast, believes that the only real geniuses are artists.

Once class has finished, the Colonel and Takumi join Miles and Alaska and they make their way to a secluded area that they call the Smoking Hole. After passing around some cigarettes, discussion turns to the identity of the person who ratted on Marya, and Alaska says that one of the Weekday Warriors was probably responsible.