But you, my mother.
OBAA-SAN
For my sake, be happy. Some day I shall be Obaa-San no more—and what of you then? Go, my little darling, go with Riki.—Some day, you will return.
RIKI
We shall return some day, Obaa-San.
AOYAGI
Farewell.
[Very simply she steps into Obaa-San's outstretched arms and then, as though they had been forever empty, Obaa-San stands gazing into space with her arms outstretched. Aoyagi and Riki go out.
OBAA-SAN
Hai!—Hai!