- Surprise! Or at least a surprise for Obasan. She's nearly deaf, so she's pretty shocked when Naomi turns up out of nowhere.
- Instead of crying, Obasan just makes tea. Naomi looks around the old house, since no one is talking, and spots Uncle's stone bread. It's not something fancy; it's just a really horrible recipe for really hard bread. Uncle seems to like it, but Naomi? Not so much.
- Well, he won't be making stone bread anymore. Naomi asks about his death again. Obasan says she had no idea what was going on. Doctors gave him medicine via IV but it was too late.
- What's going to happen to Obasan now? Maybe Naomi will take care of her. Her brother Stephen (who ran away from the family as soon as he could) sure isn't going to help.
- For a new widow, Obasan sure has a lot of energy. She cleans Naomi's shoes, does dishes, and tidies up the house instead of going to sleep. Maybe she should move in with Naomi, her niece thinks. Nah, you can't take Obasan out of this house. They're one and the same.
- Naomi looks at her aunt and thinks that she could be any old woman anywhere in the world.
- But enough of all these philosophical musings. It's time to go to sleep.