The inside of the shop dissipates, replaced by the interior of a high room in a tower of castle. There's a redheaded woman pulling something - or someone - up with a rope through the window. Her clothes are different, and it may be difficult to tell from behind, but when Natasha is able to get a glimpse of her face, she'll notice that the other woman bears a striking resemblance to herself.

What ends up coming through the window, after some effort, is a soaked-through grey-haired boy. It's Souji, and he climbs through the window the rest of the way, clumsily, dripping water everywhere. He coughs, bent over and gasping for breath.

"Thank you," he says to the other woman. "I thought I was going to be a fish for sure."