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One can not die.
AOYAGI
Hai!
THE GAKI
Where have you been?
AOYAGI
So far--so far!--I am weary.--When I awoke, I was on the mountain-top--alone.
THE GAKI
Were there no stars?
AOYAGI
Oh--the stars, the lonely, lonely stars! I tried to touch them--they seemed so near.--I found the path--the glade--our footprints--strange people--I am here. Let me back! Let me back!
THE GAKI
And what of Riki?
AOYAGI
He does not care.
THE GAKI
And what of Obaa-San?
AOYAGI
What can I give to Obaa-San now--but misery? Am I never to be free?
THE GAKI
What would you do if you were free--climb to the mountain top to see the lonely stars?
AOYAGI
Hai!--Riki!--Obaa-San!
[_Obaa-San enters. The Gaki disappears._
OBAA-SAN
Was my name spoken in the dawn?
AOYAGI
Mother!
[_With a cry of joy, Obaa-San enfolds Aoyagi in her arms._
OBAA-SAN
Nadeshiko! My little girl!
AOYAGI
Where is Riki?
OBAA-SAN
He has gone to search for you.
AOYAGI
Was he alone?
OBAA-SAN
Alone?
AOYAGI
Yes. Was there no woman with him--a lady from Ishiyama?
OBAA-SAN
A lady from--
AOYAGI
Yes--tall--fair--singing--
OBAA-SAN
He was alone. A lady from Ishiyama--(_Aoyagi shudders with dread_) brought me a message in the early night--
AOYAGI
It was she--young?
OBAA-SAN
