We begin with a flashback to Sui's childhood where she's living with her aunt. She initially uses the pronoun watashi (polite gender neutral, but slightly more associated with women), but this is met with the silent treatment, so Sui switches to boku (polite male) and says she's going to school now. Sui then picks up with narration as she talks about not belonging anywhere after her mother died. She was passed over to what is officially her blood relatives' place, but despite the familial connection they neglected her. She was forced to act as a male, both at home and at the school she was transferred to. She had no friends, so she often pretended to go to school and hung around places that she shared memories with her mother. Eventually the school called about her truancy. Her relatives told her off every day, but Sui frankly could not give a crap. They didn't want her there, so why should she care?
Sui wonders why she had to be separated from her mother, having preferred to disappear with her. She wasn't welcome where she was, and everyone hated her. She hated herself too for that matter, and she hated everyone who expected her to behave like a boy. Hate. Hate. Hatehatehatehate. And then one day Maculata came up to her, noting that she grew up while she was gone.
Back to the present, there Sui is crouching beneath a tree on top of a hill that overlooked a field of wheat that seemed to glow under the starry sky. Sui apologizes to Maculata for breaking her promise despite Maculata taking her in, but it turns out she couldn't hold back on her feelings of wanting to see her mother again. Andrew walks up shortly after and notes that he has the right place. Sui is surprised at his presence, so Andrew reintroduces himself as that truck driver she rode with to get here.
Sui says she knows that but asks why he’s there, so Andrew answers that he learned about the situation and came looking for her. He notes that she lied to him, but Sui insists she didn’t. She thanks Andrew for driving her here, but she also asks that he leave her alone. Andrew says that everyone is looking for her and should be there soon. When they get here they’ll probably just drag her back. Sui is adamant about staying until she sees her mother, which worries Andrew before he comments on how important she is to her.
Andrew takes a seat next to Sui, who responds by scooting away a bit. Andrew says his next comment may seem rude, but he admits to being jealous that Sui has someone she cares about so much. Andrew never had any parents or siblings ever since he was born, or rather created, so he doesn’t have anyone he feels that strongly about. Andrew then talks about how he’s amazed by humanity and wants to be more like them. People may laugh at the idea, but he’s serious about it, so he asks if Sui will tell him about her mother. He promises not to stop her from waiting for her, and Sui relents as she scoots back closer again.
Back to your end, you guys arrive at Ueno Station the street outside the train station in the middle of Archimedes Colony and are on your way to the Hill of Memories. Macaulay’s says she’ll come get Sui Again for sure, but Crowne tries to get her to slow down and tell you how far away the hill is. Maculata answers that it’s only 3km away so it’s not that far. Crowne says it IS and suggests grabbing a taxi, but Maculata argues that traffic might hold you guys up if you go that way. Crowne admits that might be true, so she pleads for a moment to catch her breath since she’s slightly out of shape. Mokdai is not far behind struggling to breathe right, and you either say it’s rough to have a sudden marathon, call the two of them lame, or observe how sweaty Mokdai is. B gets an extra line where Crowne says you’re pretty tough to be saying that. C gets a different extra line where Mokdai says his shirt and underwear are soaked, and he wishes he took up running like Akashi.
Maculata is taken aback at how out of it Crowne and Mokdai are and insists you guys have no time to wait with some unknown stranger claiming to be Shizuku. Crowne sighs and points out that Maculata shut down for a moment in shock like forty-something minutes ago. At that point, Mokdai turns to you and asks if you saw the shadows moving around, and when you turn to look at where he’s pointing, Monsters start showing up again.
Mokdai starts yelling about how they’re showing up again like they did over at Copernicus Colony, and Maculata asks what’s going on for them to appear in an empty area like this. Crowne notices that you guys are surrounded by them now and asks what the plan is, so Mokdai says the only thing possible is to break through. You agree and/or sigh at this inconvenience.
The Monsters start calling for Sui again, and this time Maculata and Mokdai can hear it. Maculata is shocked by the voice in particular, but Crowne tells her now’s the time to get her head in the game as the camera is ready to start the live whenever. Maculata focuses as she agrees and says the Kaibutsu have terrible hobbies, then says to you guys it’s time to go as the episode battle begins. The story continues after that.
After the battle, the story picks back up as some of the Kaibutsu are destroyed, and you ask if it’s over now. It isn’t, and more Monsters appear to block the way as Mokdai notes. Maculata notes there’s no end to them and their constant calls to Sui. You ask why they’re doing that, and Crowne says it’s creepy how they’re all using the same voice to do so.
Maculata goes quiet, so Mokdai asks her what’s wrong. Maculata starts talking about there being something worth trying, and Mokdai is confused until he gets alarmed at her walking up to the Monsters. Maculata calls out to Shizuku and refuses to believe that she’s forgotten what she sounds like, then demands she explain her intentions if she’s in there. If she really wanted to see her, Maculata asks why Shizuku never showed up when Sui needed her. If she’s doing this because she’s upset about Maculata taking Sui to Earth, then she asks why Shizuku never told her that and is trying to call to Sui.
The Monsters stop moving, like they’re listening to Maculata. Maculata argues that even if Shizuku didn’t know where Sui would be leaving, she wouldn’t send a letter to her fashion agency and only address it to Sui. There is clearly something wrong here if that really is the same Shizuku she knows inside there. The Monsters call out Maculata’s name in a confused tone before they all melt away, leaving you guys alone. Crowne asks if it’s really a thing for Kaibutsu to disappear on their own like that, and Mokdai says it shouldn’t be. He does wonder why they did what they did though, and he asks if Maculata’s lecturing actually worked. The two of them detransform, and Maculata stands there in shock until you try to talk to her and ask what happened. Maculata admits she doesn’t know and that she just tried to lead Shizuku’s thoughts if she could. She still doesn’t get what happened and whispers to herself wondering if Shizuku really is in there.
Scene shifts back to Sui and Andrew as Andrew learns her mother was eaten. He comments that Sui’s mom sounded like a great person to accept her as she was, and Sui agrees. She smiles for the first time in their conversation, but the moment is interrupted as the ground starts shaking. Andrew’s first reaction is to ask if a meteorite fell and moves to cover Sui. A voice calls to Sui, which Sui recognizes as her mother’s voice as a bunch of Monsters approach, and there the episode ends.
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