- Naomi is having a nightmare. There are soldiers with weapons ready for murder. Her mother is there, dancing the flower ceremony when a man appears and rips her head apart.
- Her mother is dancing the dance of love, but the man keeps trying to kill her. Naomi wonders, why does she keep asking questions? Why did she need to know? That she doubts her mother's love?
- Naomi decides that now is not the time for all of these questions. There should be peace at least for one week. For the sake of Obasan.
- When Obasan wakes up, she reads the letters again. What is she reading?