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The protagonist meets Hisano Kuroda, an old woman who calls herself 'Death'.

Hisano says the protagonist reminds her of her late husband.

Hisano recounts how she met her husband, a traveling actor, by the river.

Hisano calls herself Death because she wished for her husband to die and he did.

Hisano asks about the protagonist's life but then asks him not to visit again.

Hisano misses the letters she and her husband exchanged; the protagonist decides to find them.

The protagonist finds the letters; Hisano reveals she tried to kill her husband because he forgot her.

The protagonist finds letters Hisano wrote; she realizes her love was real and asks to see him again.

Hisano admits she isn't Death and accepts that she must live on, accepting her grief.

Hisano prepares to move to be with her children and gifts the protagonist a fountain pen.