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My wife is out.

She'll be along later.

The patient has regained her senses,

but she won't survive much longer.

Awhile ago...

...Mr Nakasago came here.

He came to visit me.

He was wearing a black cape.

His hair was long and disheveled.

He stood there, staring at me.

Has he been again

in the past few days?

He was with my sister.

You had the same dream, didn't you?

The same horrible dream as me.

Dream?

He made love to my sister

in the dream.

Dream?

It's so strange...

I had the dream first.

But you stole it.

Taeko.

Five years passed.

Well...

Hello O-lne.

- And this young lady must be...

- Toyoko, Nakasago's daughter.

Pay your respects to Mr Aochi.

She was taking a nap

when I heard her groan.

She groaned?

She looked so scared. I woke her up

and was taking her for a walk.

I see.

But you'll find that children often react

like that to bad dreams.

Is that so?

I have some business to attend to.

I'm glad I met you today.

It's been a long time.

Don't be a stranger.

Please come and visit sometimes.

Thank you.

We'll take our leave here.

What's the matter?

You look pale.

Didn't you sleep well?

On the contrary,

I sleep day and night.

Still, I'm always tired.

I wake up, drink some water that I keep

by my pillow, and go back to sleep.

Speaking of that water,

sometimes it disappears.

Because you drink it.

No, it's not that.

I wake up and reach for the glass,

only to find that it's half empty.

You just forgot you drank some.

At first I thought so too.

But one time it was

being poured over my face.

I woke up.

I touched my face,

thinking it was just a dream.

But my face was soaking wet.

That was no dream.

Absolutely not.

So who did it?

The wind is rising.

It's blowing through dark places.

A Mrs Nakasago is here to see you.

That'll be O-lne.

What an event!

She's never visited us before.

- Send her in.

- Yes... but...

- What is it?

- She wishes to talk to you, sir.

The former geisha?

If you'll excuse me.

I'll go and take a peek.

What's the matter?

Why don't you come inside?

No, thank you.

This won't take long.

What won't take long?

Please return the book

Nakasago lent you.

Book?

I believe you have his

Sanders German-English Dictionary.

You're so lucky!

That's mine.

I can't believe you!

Property of Nakasago

Sorry, I forgot to return this.

You're right, I did borrow it.

How's Toyoko?

Is she doing well?

Yes, thank you.

Did you leave her at home?

No, she's here.

You must be cold out there.

Come inside.

I'll give you some sweets.

A few days later,

O-lne came around again.

Please return the book

that Nakasago lent you.

Another book?

Yes. One of those

philosophical primers.

Property of Nakasago

Here, I found it.

I think this is the last book

of his that I have.

This is all

a bit too strange for me.

How did O-lne know

I had Nakasago's books?

Perhaps he told her

before he died.

He wasn't that careful

with his books.

And they're all

obscure, scholarly works.

How could a former geisha

remember anything philosophical?

That is quite strange.

It's very strange.

Mrs Nakasago to see you.

And there was a call

from the mistress.

She'll be home late.

I have a question

to ask of your wife.

What is it?

I can ask her for you,

if you don't mind.

Toyoko wakes up every night

at the same time.

She seems to be awake

but doesn't respond to me.

She appears to be

speaking to Nakasago.

Your little girl?

Naturally, a girl may dream

of her late father.

But this poor child...

She can't possibly have

any memories of her father.

He passed away

the very year she was born.

While she's speaking with him,

your name is always mentioned.

What does she say?

I can't catch the exact words.

But I sense it's about something

he loved that he'd loaned to you.

That's what it seems to be about.

I thought perhaps your wife

would know what it is.

Why would she know?

Is that what he said

in the dream?

No, that's just the feeling I had,

that's all.

Did Nakasago ever come here

while I was out?

When he was alive, of course.

No.

Wait, I remember.

Yes, once.

I said you were out,

so he left.

Remember?

I was sick at the time.

You were visiting my sister

at the hospital.

Why do you ask all of a sudden?

You don't like being asked?

No, it's not that.

But it does make me nervous.

I'm telling the truth

but you obviously don't believe me.

Don't misunderstand me.

Nakasago might have been

quite handsome, but he was crazy.

I didn't like being in his company.

In Toyoko's dream, he apparently

said he'd given you something.

O-lne believes

he was telling the truth.

She seems to think

you'd know what it is.

I have no idea!

He never gave me anything!

He left a record here.

A record?

Zigeunen/veisen,

performed by Sarasate.

I'm sorry. I can't find it.

Are you certain?

I've no recollection

of even borrowing it.

I'm sure he left it here.

It's a ten-inch

gramophone record.

I know what it is!

I just said that I couldn't find it.

If I do, I'll return it.

Is that so?

I wanted it.

Nakasago is surely back

with his wife now.

He was that sort of man.

He never thought of me.

He never cared about me.

That makes me so upset.

I want every single thing of his

in this world.

I want his things near me.

Yes, but...

That way he will always be with me.

Or so I thought.

But how do you know exactly

which books of his I had?

That was strange.

I heard about them from Toyoko.

She talks when she's dreaming.

I listened very carefully.

You're lying.

He knows howl loved him.

Yet he still went back to her.

All I have left of him now

is little Toyoko.

I love her

because she's part of him.

I love her more than myself.

I'll raise her by myself.

I'll never let him have her.

It doesn't work right away.

Let it run and it will start.

Won't you come in here?

You've lost a friend.

You must miss him.

There's some beer here

that Nakasago left.

Shall we party again, like we did?

Perhaps then he will

finally notice me.

Where's Toyoko?

She's gone, hasn't she?

No!

She hasn't!

Toyoko, come here immediately!

Toyoko.

Toyoko!

Toyoko.

Ah. She's gone to school.

Don't leave so soon.

Stay here with me for a while.

You can't leave now, can you?

Who are you?

Just who are you?

Who?

Toyoko has gone to school.

She's at school.

Toyoko.

Give me your bones.

Why do you look so surprised?

My father is alive.

You're the ones who think you're alive,

but you're dead.

Now! Give me your bones,

like you promised.

Come with me.

The End

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