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...
Seeing the boy so concerned about his face, 
she said to him quite plainly,
بعد أن رأت ذلك الولد وهو مهمومٌ
،بوجهه، قالت له بكلّ صراحة
Sie sagte zu ihm,
den sein Gesicht belastete:
Al verlo preocuparse por su cara,
le dijo directamente:
Al verlo preocuparse por su cara,
le dijo directamente:
Alors qu’il était soucieux
de son apparence,
Vedendolo preoccupato per via del suo viso,
lei gli disse esplicitamente
Vendo o menino incomodado
com o rosto dele, ela disse:
Увидев его обеспокоенность
лицом, она сказала: