Bruce recalls the excitement surrounding Fabio on a flight to Los Angeles and wonders why the model commands such devotion. He answers the spectacle with Brucio, an exaggerated version of himself who proudly advertises ordinary habits and embarrassing failings. As an accordionist accompanies his performance, Bruce turns the contrast between star power and everyday indignity into a dance of self-assertion. He imagines their final encounter at baggage claim revealing Fabio's fear of fading fame, while his own identity will endure.
