The chapter opens with a flashback to the time when Nemo and Nemo's mother, Milady, were young children. Milady tells Nemo that her son, Minato, is now in high school and that he has not yet returned home. The flashback is interrupted by the arrival of a hand-written note from Milady. The note is addressed to "Orison," and it asks him to pray for Minato's recovery. The letter ends with Milady's description of Minato as a "straight - laced fella" and Milady as an "old hag" .