Lights flicker on in a miniscule elevator to show Kanae sitting in a chair. A thick glass picture with a butterfly inside is mounted on the wall.

Kanae: I am Ohtori Kanae, from grade 12, class A.
Mikage: (over intercom) Then, please begin.
The elevator shakes slightly and starts to move down.

Kanae: As soon as I graduate next spring, I will be getting married. He is someone my father, the trustee chairman, recommended.

She looks at a photograph in her lap of herself and Akio.

Kanae: He's very gentle, and can be a little childish, but... In fact, he's much more mature than I am, and he watches over me so kindly. I would do anything for him. I believe this from the bottom of my heart. But... But...

The elevator shakes again, and the picture of the butterfly has changed to a picture of a cocoon.

Mikage: (over intercom) Deeper... Go deeper...
Kanae: But... But he has a younger sister...

She moves her hand over the photograph slightly to show Anthy also in the picture.

Kanae: ...and no matter how hard I try, I can't bring myself to like her.

The picture on the wall has changed again to a caterpillar.

Kanae: There was an incident... When I gave her my favorite scarf, and told her to use it... She said "Thank you!" and began wiping her glasses with it! I was so surprised, and when I told her it wasn't a lens cloth, she simply stared at me silently and smiled. The sight of her eyes made my skin crawl, because she looked just like an alien!... And my father's illness... I can't help but feel that my father's illness started when that freak came to our house. I'm not sure if I can keep smiling around her any longer. Up until now I've done my best to like her...

Kanae smashes her thumb into the part of the picture with Anthy on it.

Kanae: But I just can't! No matter how I try, no matter how hard...

The picture on the wall has changed to a leaf. The elevator starts descending rapidly.

Kanae: I can't!!!

The elevator abruptly stops as Kanae starts crying. Mikage stands behind her chair.

Mikage: I understand. It seems you have no choice but to revolutionize the world. The way before you has been prepared.