When Seigi learns that his college classmate Tanimoto Shoko is going to a marriage meeting, Seigi is disheartened.
Seigi has some feelings for the gemstone-loving Shoko.
All he has left in his possession is a teardrop-shaped loose aquamarine he purchased from Richard that he intended to give to her.
Unable to say anything to Shoko, the discouraged Seigi returns to Etranger, where Richard gently encourages him by telling him to live without regrets.
However, behind his words is a part of Richard's past unknown to Seigi...
I felt I couldn't get married 
to run away from something.
شعرتُ أنّني لم أستطع الزّواج 
.لأهرب من شيء
dachte ich, dass ich wirklich niemanden
heiraten kann, um vor etwas wegzulaufen.
sentí que no podía casarme
para huir de algo.
sentí que no podía casarme para huir
j’ai pensé aussi que je ne pouvais pas
me marier pour fuir quelque chose,
ho capito che non potevo sposarmi
per scappare da qualcosa.
senti que não poderia me
casar para tentar fugir de algo.
что не могу выйти замуж,
чтобы сбежать от того, чего не знаю.