Reiko was confused by her son's actions as he drew her close, saying, "Let me satisfy you instead of Dad." She realized her son had noticed how poorly things were going in her marriage and how lonely she felt, so he was trying to comfort her physically. As a mother, his behavior was certainly unacceptable. Yet, Reiko sensed a kind of tenderness in her son's actions. Should she reject him from a mother's standpoint, or accept him as a woman? Her heart wavered, and as her son's caresses continued, her will to resist gradually weakened. Reiko's body began responding to her son's tenderness.