Rin has told Araya Kawakami the story of her mother's brutal rape. And from the mask maker's stony face, it's clear that he knows as well as she does, that he's the man who led the vicious assault. Yet now that she's sitting across from him while his innocent young son Renzo is out buying tea for the "honored guest," Rin doesn't want vengeance or blood. All she wants is an apology, and an end to the killing.