Vivian is publicly accused by her family after someone reveals she’s pregnant; her father and Sherry demand she leave, blaming the aunt and offering grandmother’s old cowshed in the mountains as exile. Earlier at the scene a bleeding man collapses, begging for help—claiming he’s been poisoned with Bone-Eroding Powder and pleading that he must be with a woman or he’ll die tonight—creating chaos and a shouted interrogation. As Vivian is forced out, sudden labor pains hit; she collapses in the street while bystanders call for an ambulance, leaving her fate and the immediate consequences unresolved.