Ginko encounters a wanderer of a different breed, a street musician who sings hauntingly of the mushi. After a moment’s conversation he is inspired by her plight. As a child she had no vision, yet now she can see all. Across mountains to distant oceans, past, present and future. Her eyes, infested by the ganpuku, “the eyes of fortune”, have been both blessing and curse, and she'll tell all for a price. “But when the time comes, take my eyes and bury them deep in the mountains. This I have seen…”