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 walking around, lost in thought, when 
I saw a light coming from the basement.
كنتُ أتمشّى، تائهاً في التّفكير، حتّى
رأيتُ ضوءاً يسطع من القبو
Ich war in Gedanken, …
Je marchais en réfléchissant,
Camminavo sovrappensiero
Estava perambulando, perdido em pensamentos,
quando vi uma luz saindo do subsolo.