When Sensei visits Nodoka, Otoha is about to leave to visit her parents — she warns Sensei that Nodoka is "over caffeinated and barely attentive" today, and wishes him luck. Nodoka looks tired, and her conversation is erratic. Sensei wonders if he should call an ambulance, but Nodoka insists that she is "super fine" and is now ready for a normal conversation. Sensei still finds the conversation exhausting, and eventually suggests that Nodoka find a mirror. She concedes that she looks like she "crawled out of a well", and talks about seeing beauty in horrible things. Eventually, she declares that she has figured something out and sends him away so that she can focus.