Having learned how expensive books are in this world, Main resolves to make books of her own. However, she soon finds out just how frail her new body is when she and her elder sister, Turi, decide to go to the gate to deliver something their father forgot—she can hardly take a few steps before running out of breath. But that's when Lutz, a neighborhood kid the same age as Main, offers his help. Main is touched by this and soon makes it to the gate. There, Otto gives her his old slate, letting her experience the joy of writing once again.
I've never had anyone do that to me in all 
my years, so I don't know how to respond!
لم يسبق أن تعرّضتُ لموقفٍ كهذا طوال 
.سنواتي الماضية، لذا لا أعرف كيف أردّ
Als wüsste ich, als jemand, der trotz seines Alters
null Erfahrung in so was hat, damit umzugehen!
¡Nunca me habían dicho algo así!
¡No sé qué hacer!
¡Nunca me habían dicho algo así!
¡No sé qué hacer!
Comme je ne me suis jamais
fait draguer,
In tutti i miei anni di vita non mi è mai
capitato niente di simile... non so come reagire!
Eu nunca levei uma cantada na minha vida,
eu nem sei como reagir direito!
Мне ещё никто такого не говорил, 
что я должна отвечать?!