As it does not move or cry until two and a half, her parents call her "Plant". The baby itself believes that it is a tube that only needs basic functions, or that it is God, observing the world from outside. But the life of God is not eternal, nor in the land of the Rising Sun. When she finally enters the world, she will enjoy for six months the pleasures offered by the senses: spicy dishes, dazzling colors of the heavenly garden, the passion of water, the worship of the Japanese governess. However, the impending departure from Japan makes her realize how temporary the gifts of life are and how terrible her other side is - doubt, death, betrayal of adults. Only in the liquid embrace of the sternum with the fish, she will find the tranquility of the tube again. What does it matter if she will be saved, since everything at this age - happiness as well as tragedy - has already been played...