OHANO. I would travel it too.
NIJO. You—a simple island maiden?
OHANO. I'm not simple. I've grown beyond the people here.
NIJO. But there is glory in the work women must do at home.
OHANO. And I have done my share of it. I want bigger work now—out in the world.
NIJO. But the simple tasks must be done.
OHANO. I am sick unto death of doing them!
NIJO. But you can't go into the battles of the world. You are an island woman.
OHANO. This last war has made all women free. If the other island women cling to the everlasting tradition that woman should not go beyond her native hearth, let them cling. I shall reach the summit of things and know the glory of doing big things in the world!
NIJO. But you—sheltered, protected all your life—how can you do it?