Richard "Dinky" Earnshaw, a 19-year-old high school dropout, explains that he's got a good job in which he gets his own house, car, and virtually anything he asks for — including CDs that have not been released yet.

It is revealed that Dinky has the ability to mentally influence people by drawing complicated designs or pictures, in a way that he does not completely understand.

Dinky is discovered by a man named Mr. Sharpton, who claims to work for the Trans Corporation, an organization that searches across the world for people with such talents.

As the story ends, Dinky plans his escape, but not before sending one final email to Mr. Sharpton, his recruiter, with a nondescript symbol attached.

King states in the foreword for this short story that the idea came from a dream about a person pouring change into the storm drain.