In this short scene, the piano-playing son expresses his sadness over his mother's decision to send him away to live with his father. He laments the fact that his mother has grown apart from him and wishes that he could live without her. He also expresses his hope that his father will be able to support himself and his family when he is gone. He asks his mother if it is okay for him to continue playing the piano, and she replies that she does not care about what happens to him. He then asks her if she was desperate for him, and her response is that she is a terrible mother and wishes she could leave him. She then asks him if he will make friends in school, and he replies that he will be shy. She tells him to hold on to the other hand, as it is strange that he played the piano so well when he was so young. She also tells him that he is going to give his mother the piano that he has played so well. She says that the piano is a symbol of love and sorrow, and that it is to help him to get used to the world.