Seriously injured from his time in Tataraba, a feverish Ashitaka lies in the wolf's den. As San watches over him, the wolf princess asks herself why she feels so concerned about this particular human. How did she come to feel this way about him anyway?

Moro has a hostile encounter with a fox and raccoon spirit. Words and claws are exchanged, and Moro realizes that even she, a forest god, cannot change the course of nature.