A scuffle erupts when a boy attacks a man who allegedly touched his mother's hand at a military camp. Officers accuse the boy of assaulting a comrade and note the family's disease trait. Harry pleads mercy, and the boy accepts responsibility, insisting his mother was not involved. Officers gossip about Jim's search for a girl from eight years ago. Rather than punish him immediately, the commanding officer issues an ultimatum: if the mother cooks a satisfying bowl of noodles he will drop the charges; if not, he'll report them to the superior.