 While Lister is in awe of him, Rimmer reveals disgust that he embodies all of the "breaks" he never received while growing up, and fails to be convinced to be happy that another version of himself was successful.Ace later meets with Lister and reveals that he plans to leave, unable to bear the kind of person he is in this dimension.When asked, Lister learns that Rimmer was given a choice when he was young to be held back a year in school – while he opted to progress further, Ace choose to do so but was humiliated by this, prompting him to change and work harder, effectively creating the "break" in his life.