Chapter Four
Interior. Chihiro's House. Five o'clock in the morning.
Llin
Mistress Chihiro
Chihiro
Llin, call me as before, just Chihiro. Do you like the house where they settled us?
Llin
Yes, I'm delighted, I don't remember my past life, but it seems to me that in my past life I lived in a common room too. And now sometimes I even feel uncomfortable and scared. But then I feel joyful. I just can't believe that this room is mine, only mine. How did you live, Chihiro? Haku said that you forgot everything, and he had to put in a lot of effort to make you remember.
Chihiro
Yes, that's how it was. After I left the ghost park, sometimes scattered facts popped up in my memory. With my inner vision, I saw you, little Bo, and Mrs. Yubaba, but I couldn't remember your names, and it seemed to me that they were elements of my dreams. Well, now, of course, I remember everything.
Llin
You can't imagine how happy I am that you've returned. Even if we still lived in the same room with my friends, I would still be happy.
Chihiro
Llin, I want to ask why you never left here? You said that a little time would pass and you would leave the ghost park. Maybe Mrs. Yubaba didn't want to let you go?
Llin
I remember our last conversation. I remember my feelings, in these feelings there was both the bitterness of separation and hope for the future. One day, I asked Haku to put in a good word for me with Mrs. Yubaba. Soon Haku came with an answer. He said that Mrs. Yubaba was ready to let me go. As you know, Mrs. Yubaba thinks of us all as freeloaders, that is, she thinks that we eat a lot but work little. However, regarding my specific request, this is what happened. Mrs. Yubaba sent her answer through Haku. She said that she was ready to let me go and break the contract if I told her my full name.
Chihiro
Why did you go silent? What happened next?
Llin
And then there was nothing. I don't remember my full name. I know that my name is only part of my full name, but I can't remember. Although sometimes it seems to me that the memories are already here, close by, on the tip of my tongue or on the tip of the pen with which I signed the employment contract. But nothing moves beyond these feelings.
Chihiro
How sad it is.
Llin
And not sad at all. If I remembered, I would have left here long ago, and we would not be talking now.
Chihiro
Maybe. Don't you want to sleep?
Llin
Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot that you came from the real world. In this world of yours, you sleep at night and are awake during the day, but here it's the other way around. Now I'll make your bed for you, and you'll sleep.
Chihiro
Why? I can do it myself.
Llin
Have you forgotten Mrs. Yubaba's main rule? In the ghost park, everyone must work. I don't quite understand what my job is yet, so I'll come up with work for myself for now. Oh yeah, you're already asleep, let me help you into bed.
Chihiro
What are you going to do?
Llin
I noticed that there are a lot of books in the room behind the living room. Is this probably the library room?
Chihiro
Yeah, I probably haven't had time to look around the whole house yet.
Llin
So, while you're sleeping, I'll choose the most interesting book about love and read it. If it's a melodrama , then I will sympathize with the heroes and cry. You see, Chihiro... Chihiro! She is already asleep. Well, until tomorrow, my dear friend.