Seventeen years ago, Hiroshi wakes up in the middle of the night to find his brother and sister-in-law dead. Hiroshi tells his sister to be quiet because he has to go to work, but his mother assures him that they are all connected because they love each other. When Hiroshi asks why he is sad, his mother tells him that he is connected because he loves his father. When he asks why she didn't wake him up, her mother replies that she has to work. She tells him to wipe his face with a wet cloth because he cannot give him juice if he is late or he is not sleeping. She also tells him not to worry about a frog that was outside. When she asks him why he brought them outside in the rain, he replies that he needed a smoke. He tells her that he did not bring them in because he was afraid that they would catch a cold. He says that the frog was as scared of him as he was of the frog. She thanks him for being a mother of her children and says that she loves him very much.