President Wood considers the implications of talking to the girl who is considering jumping from the top of Shiniki City Hall which will be publicly broadcast. She calls herself Kanae Kuyo, but Wood and Seizaki suspect she may be Ai Magase. Seizaki offers to interpret, but agent Hardy insists on taking the risky role himself and Wood agrees. Wood tells Kuyo that he does not yet have an answer for her, but convinces her to wait until he does, to everyone’s relief. Later, Wood realizes that continuity is good, and therefore suicide is wrong, but when the tries to communicate with Kuyo, he hears Magase's voice...