- Title Card: Suddenly... vision... or reality?
- Kano Indara: They tell me you're a painter of dragons?
- Tatsu - the Dragon Painter: I paint nothing else!
- Kano Indara: In this painting, where is the dragon?
- Tatsu - the Dragon Painter: It's sleeping under the waters of the lake!
- Tatsu - the Dragon Painter: I don't want to paint anymore... I no longer know how... ! I don't have talent anymore... ! I am no longer good at anything... ! - I painted because you were lost to me! -... Because - I - was - lost!
- Ume-Ko: Lazy bones! You promised to start my portrait today.
- Tatsu - the Dragon Painter: I painted you before, when I'd lost you; what use is it to paint you now that I've found you.
- Ume-Ko: I go to the leaning willow where the water speaks. Later, when you hear its murmur, perhaps you will recognize the echo of my voice.