Synopsis

Petralka retreated to her room, a fortress of solitude against the world. She refused to answer calls, to acknowledge visitors, to even glance at the door. The weight of responsibilities had become unbearable, each obligation a stone added to the growing wall around her. Shin'ichi, a man who once knew the suffocating stillness of a life lived within four walls, saw in Petralka’s isolation a reflection of his own past. He understood the quiet desperation, the yearning for something more. He