Hospital staff discover a mysterious egg beside a newborn and debate whether it came from the woman who just gave birth. The doctor demands genetic screening and warns the child's treatment can't wait, but the mother insists on trying to find the absent father first. The child cries, "Mommy, I'm scared," and wishes she hadn't been born; the mother comforts her, vows to cure her, and says she'll ask the father why he abandoned them if found. Bill then leaves for his first day at Dragon Group, leaving the screening vs. search choice unresolved.