Sam placed the dog bag down by the door and allowed Ishiyama to look her over. She pulled out her clip board while shaking her head and writing down, "Too skinny. Hhmm! Not good for bearing sons"
Sam didn't notice Cujo phase out of his dog bag, until she watched as he turned invisible and began to panic. She jumped when Ishiyama faced her and said, "Recite the final admonition"
Sam nodded with a nervous smile, she pulled out her purple fan and opened it and began reciting while looking at her smudged writing on her arm, "Fulfil your duties calmly and…respect…respectfully. Um reflect before you snack…act! This shall bring you honour and glory"
Ishiyama grabbed her arm and took her fan off her to see if she had notes on the fan, but when she didn't see anything she handed the fan back and then pulled her towards the table while saying, "This way"
She let go of Sam's arm unware that her hand now had wet ink on it, she then picked up tea pot from a hot plate and placed it in front of her as she sat down.
"Pour the tea" Ishiyama said. Sam's eyes widened when she saw the ink on her hand and tried to hold back a laugh when she rubbed the ink on her chin without even noticing.
"To please your future in-laws, you must demonstrate a sense of dignity and refinement. You must also be poised and silent" Ishiyama said.
Sam poured the teas into the cup but then smelled something funny coming from it, she then found out what the smell was, dog pee coming from the cup but before she could throw it out and pour a new one, Ishiyama picked up the cup and was about to drink it.
Sam grabbed the cup and asked, "Could I just take that back for a moment?"
But Ishiyama tried to pull back the cup and caused Sam to let go, she gasped as the tea fell right on the front of her dress.
"Why you clumsy…" Ishiyama began to shout but suddenly tripped over the invisible Cujo and land right on the hot plate.
She screamed in pain and jumped up and down panicking about the small burn on her dress, Sam then pulled out her fan and waved at it trying to put it out but only made it worse when it burst into a small flame making her scream more in pain and run around. Outside the crowd could only hear the noises coming from the building.
"I think it's going well don't you?" Grandma Manson asked Pamela.
Ishiyama then burst through the doors screaming, "PUT IT OUT! PUT IT OUT!"
Sam grabbed the pot of tea and threw it all over her, extinguishing the flames. Ishiyama frowned angrily as Sam handed back the tea pot and then bowed hiding her face as she walked away, Cujo quickly jumped back into the dog bag Sam carried.
"YOU ARE A DISGRACE!" Ishiyama screamed as Pamela held her daughter and they both jumped back when she threw the pot to the ground breaking it.
"You may look like a bride but you will never bring your family honour!" Ishiyama screamed once more and then left in a huff.
Sam looked down as Ishiyama's words echoed in her mind and hurt her, Pamela and Grandma Manson tried to comfort her but it did not work as she left for home on Knight. She hopped off her horse and then walked through the gates, she saw her father walk out the door and smile at her, but Sam hid her face in shame and continued to put Knight in the stables. Jeremy's smile dropped with concern as he realised that it must not have gone well.
Sam took the reins of Knight and then looked at her own reflection in the water, she removed her jewellery and then watched as Pamela tell Jeremy all that happened.
SAM
Look at me
I will never pass for a perfect bride
Or a perfect daughter, can it be?
I'm not meant to play this part
She let Cujo out of his bag and then walked away sadly, Cujo whined as she saw his new owner upset and followed her invisibly.
Now I see, that if I were truly to be myself
I would break my family's heart
She walked by the large creek feeling like she has let her whole family down and she doesn't know who she is anymore. She then headed up the stairs to the family temple.
Who is that girl I see?
Staring straight back at me
Why is my reflection someone I don't know?
She walked into the temple and then sat on her knees, she then bowed to the ancestors and looked at her reflection on the tablets.
Somehow I cannot hide
Who I am though I tried
When will my reflection show who I am inside
She wiped the make-up off half her face and then wiped the rest of the make-up off the other half of her face and then looked at her reflection again. She then pulled the comb out of her hair and removed the ribbon allowing her hair to fall down freely.
When will my reflection show who I am inside
She walked out temple and sat on the bench in the blossom tree garden, placing the comb in her lap and running her hand through her long hair with sadness, reflecting on what happened today.
