Kurosawa Junichiro has holed up at Hotel Cardinal in order to finish writing the manuscript for his next highly anticipated novel. Ryu decides to finally accept Taizo's offer, but he has one condition that must be fulfilled first.
I was lost, wandering around in the dark 
because I couldn't write a single word.
كنتُ تائهاً، أتجوّل في الظّلام
لأنّني لم أستطع كِتابة كلمة واحدة
Ich konnte keine Zeile tippen, …
Je m’étais perdu dans la pénombre,
Non riuscivo a scrivere
neanche una parola
Eu estava perdido, imerso na escuridão,
incapaz de escrever uma palavra sequer.