Somewhere, deep within the heart of Kumon-mi's urban district, Wakana meets up with Imani and Karin. The three of them have gathered today to go shopping for the upcoming Halloween, although Wakana's very reluctant to let Karin come along, only relenting at Imani's insistence. Imani also takes the opportunity to throw shade at Wakana for bailing on her and Sensei the other day. While avoiding mentioning the details to Karin, Imani begins to shout angrily at the large digital billboards featuring Niki, causing Wakana to begin walking away before they embarrass themselves.
The trio arrives at a gothic store within the urban district, with Wakana sending Karin away to browse so she and Imani can continue their conversation in peace. Now alone, Imani opens up more about her and Sensei's recent discussion. Hearing this, Wakana assumes Imani's also taken the time to reveal her scars to Sensei, she immediately negates this, further confusing Wakana on how exactly Imani is planning on getting closer to him. Imani lets out several groans of frustration, brooding over her own lapses in judgment. Wakana assures her that whatever happened won't ruin things between her and Sensei before guiding her away so they can begin trying on clothes
Unfortunately for Wakana, Imani doesn't stop talking about Sensei even once they begin trying on clothes. Desperate for a change in topic, she asks Imani if she knows about Ami's recent victory in the poetry contest. Imani confirms she has heard, admitting she's shocked since Ami's grades tend to be poor in nearly everything else. Before Wakana continues, she asks Imani to keep what she will say next a secret from Sensei, not wanting to further upset him.
With Imani's secrecy sworn, Wakana asks her if she's ever heard of the local poet, "The Girl Who Cannot Breathe", revealing her theory that the aforementioned Poet might be Ami's mother. This is especially worrying because of the stylistic differences between the poet and Ami herself, with Wakana worrying that Ami might fall down the same dark rabbit hole should she not have proper guidance. As Imani begins to make plans to read up on the poet to familiarize herself as best she can, Karin returns from her browsing.
As Wakana and Imani discuss just how deprived the "Girl Who Cannot Breathe" was, Karin interjects, having realized the discussion pertains to Ami's mother. She reveals that her father possibly went to school with Ami's mother and, following a few more questions from Wakana, hands over her parent's phone number for future use.