This story is a dark fantasy told through reconstructed flashbacks memory bugs(errors) seen at the moment of Tsuruha's death. Her brother Kikuo returned to 1930s Japan after finishing his studies in France to become a translator. He soon receives a letter from Tsuruha, who was thought to be dead. To inquire about matters, Kikuotravels to his sister's rural home to discover her there along with a doll that looks mysteriously like her daughter.