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Alka happens to meet Morii again. Morii has changed a lot but notes that Alka hasn’t changed at all. Morii asks if Alka has gotten her wish of revenge. When Alka tells her that she hasn’t, Morii tells her that she must be tired of having Palam chase her. She offers Alka a chance to rest and takes her to her home. Morii also makes mention of “Mother”.
I think Alka has just walked into a cult. Everyone at the “Boat of Cleansing” has marks like Morii’s on their faces, red for the women and blue for the men. One of the girls, Reika, doesn’t like Alka. More so when Morii says that she wants Alka to meet Mother. When Morii takes Alka into one of the buildings, there are potted plants and flowers everywhere.
Morii leaves Alka in a room and goes to see Mother. This is an older lady with purple marks on her face that scolds Morii for bringing a stranger to them. Morii tells Mother that she wants to “save” Alka. Mother relents. She also talks about how everyone there is a family and that it will soon be time for the first ritual. None of this sounds right. Mother directs Morii to get Alka, and comforts the frightened Reika.
Morii tells Alka how Mother saved her as she takes Alka to meet her. Reika is terrified of Alka. Mother tells Alka that she is “impure” and must be cleansed. Meanwhile, Lon has arrived at the Boat of Cleansing to do some business. He’s a little surprised to see Alka there and asks Mother if she’s joined her family, but Mother explains that Alka is just a guest.
Knowing that slimy merchant, I don’t think the Boat of Cleansing will be lasting too much longer. I am sure Lon is going to sell the information to Palam that Alka is staying there. Elle Karen also receives word of Alka’s whereabouts and isn’t very pleased to know she’s at the Boat of Cleansing. Morii tells Alka a little more about the Boat of Cleansing. She has given up on her revenge and feels sorry that Alka cannot give up hers. Morii sounds as if she’s been brainwashed. Alka turns to find Mother lurking in the shadows.
Mother pulls on a rope and the sound is deafening. Alka covers her ears and screams. It looks like Alka’s “purification” has begun. The rest of the “family” gathers around as Mother explains how Morii was reborn. Mother encourages Alka to listen to the “Song of Souls” as she cowers on the floor, trying to keep her ears covered. Alka reaches for her blade, but Morii stops her. Alka then passes out.
The Pleasure Gang has a new base and a new mission – to kill Jin Varrel. Hazuki just looks bored. She’s only there for Alka anyway. Alka awakens, tied up between two pillars, in some kind of altar like place. Mother orders Morii to take out her heart and hands her a blade. Mother appeals to her family, telling them that they will bathe in tainted blood and be reborn. She really has brainwashed them all. Everyone screams in agony and Morii steps forward to kill Alka, but a Molotov cocktail stops her.
The Boat of Cleansing is suddenly under attack! Morii still tries to kill Alka, but is kicked aside. A spinning blade cuts one of Alka’s ropes. Mother tries to kill her next and Alka evades her as well, using her blade to free herself and flee. Walking along the beach, Alka collapses. It seems that Lon was her savior, as he comes up beside her. She gives Lon what money she has, which isn’t much, in payment and continues on her way. She doesn’t get very far before she falls again. Her ears must still be ringing with all that horrible noise.
Alka is still trying to catch her breath when Morii comes out of nowhere and attacks her. Alka tosses her away. Morii keeps going on about Mother as she prepares to attack Alka again. Lon has had enough and leaves. Morii continues to attack Alka and it’s obvious that Alka doesn’t want to kill this girl that was once her friend. Morii knocks Alka down and is about to kill her when surprisingly – or perhaps not – Elle Karen stops her. Even as Elle Karen tries to talk Morii out of her revenge, the girl pulls a knife and holds it to Alka’s throat. Screaming, Morii repositions the knife and brings it down! But only into the sand next to Alka’s head. Morii’s tears fall onto Alka’s face.
Morii has passed into insanity as she continues to stab into the sand, crying and screaming that she wants everyone to die. Elle Karen helps Alka to stand and as they walk away, Alka turns back to take a last look at her one-time friend, now in the depths of madness. Dawn finds Elle Karen and Alka still together. Saying that there is something she wants to know, Elle Karen kneels down to whisper in Alka’s ear. Alka eyes widen as a scene shows one of Alka’s past assassinations. Elle Karen says it happened three years ago, and asks Alka if it was her. Alka nods once and Elle Karen stands up. She thanks Alka, saying that she feels better now. And I am left in frustration again as the episode ends here! LOL