The sex scene opens with the narrator lamenting the fact that her marriage is falling apart. She is unable to blame herself for her husband's infidelity, but she is grateful for the attention she is receiving from the masseur. The masseur tries to comfort her by reminding her of her family, but the narrator refuses to listen to him. He tells her that her husband was awful, and that she should not blame herself. She responds by saying that she has been captured by tachika, who has captured her body and heart