A family banquet is held to welcome Nutien — a reclusive AI figure the family has long sought — and to celebrate the protagonist's engagement to Renee. The protagonist secretly is Nutien and refuses to reveal that identity. The family fears Leander, who is blind and has a disabled companion, will cause embarrassment, so she chooses to skip the public introduction. Leander escorts her back to her room. When someone points out she won't be introduced tonight she pretends not to care but whispers, 'But I do,' leaving her need to be seen unresolved as the banquet continues.