That machine is on fire.

(CONT'D) Everyone here hit rock bottom. Haruko lost her bar to the yakuza. Kenji’s wife took the kids and the refrigerator. Toshiko is... well, she’s complicated. But rock bottom is just bedrock. You can build on bedrock.

Dokudami. The weed that survives anywhere. Poison to pests. Cure to the desperate. They say if it grows outside your door, you can never truly leave.

“Alimony is non-negotiable. Also, your mother’s urn is in the genkan. Pick it up by Friday.”

All four residents (plus Toshiko’s ghost) sit on plastic chairs. A single bare bulb flickers. Haruko passes around a bottle of shochu.