When a bear attacks a hamlet, villagers shout 'Miss, run!' and accuse an herb gatherer of wrecking the bear’s cave. A woman who can talk to bears intervenes, convincing the bear to spare the accused if she finds it a new lair; she is given directions: two kilometers southeast, behind the waterfall. Onlookers discover her gift and a man introduces himself, saying, 'I am the renowned Master Healer,' then asks her to treat a long-poisoned patient she saved. As they set off together, a crowd turns on someone else—repeating 'ugly freak, get out'—leaving that person driven from the village.