Summary

Section 7

Nao asks if the reader is still there. She does not blame the person for giving up on her since she gave up on herself. Nao is sitting on a bench at the bus station waiting for the bus to take her to the temple. She sees the station manager point her out to a man in a suit. It is Nao’s father. Nao is surprised because she thought he would be dead. Haruki # 2 asks Nao if she is there to see her great-grandmother and if she is dying. He asks why she did not tell him. She laughs and he understands and says nothing. When the bus pulls to a stop Nao says that she thought he was dead. He says that no he is not dead yet.

When they arrive at the temple, Jiko is still alive, but there are...