Place: A Nile tributary (Atbara) (part 1)

Faraji Eze the Two thousand fourth is captured in a slow-mo sad scene, his wife and five-years-old daughter are left behind at mercy of a white man named Gayabo. Gayabo convinces his pirate friends to leave them behind so they can come back and enjoy torturing them later on.

Years later, the wife and now fifteen-year-old daughter is seen to be coming back from collecting paddy. They appear to be at peace, when suddenly white pirates stand before their eyes, with a desire to torture lit in their eyes. They command the wife and child to kneel, and so they do. The wife (mother) pleads for mercy as the daughter softly sobs, and stays bravely quiet. The pirates demand jewels and gold. However, the mother and daughter explain to the pirates that they do not have any of the systematic currency that is being demanded. Unconvinced the pirates raid the family house, one pirate sees the paddy in the daughter's hand and demands to have all the paddy they collected. While this pirate munches on paddy like an angry-depressed cowboy, the others raiding the place collect exotic tribal fruits from the house, and they all gather in front of the defenseless Ezes. In the pursuit of happiness, they start slashing the Ezes with their sticks and end up taking away the mother when they see her strength against the harsh slashing, in hopes that she'll make a good trade in the market. The daughter tries to hold on to her mother, however, painfully kneels down quietly as her mother indicates that she must not get herself into trouble as well. The tribes leave in cheers to raid the rest of the village. "I wonder how much gold we'll get at the slave market if we find more of it." - A pirate says looking at the mother.

Back behind, the tearing child drops her body behind from the chest and sits in defeat, a single tear spills from her left eye. The thoughts that flood her mind are too overbearing at that moment. She plays out the events that just occurred in her mind. Suddenly, in comes another girl, swiftly walking towards Adiah, as fast as she can with the whipped body herself. "Adiah?" - Sitting beside her she waits for an answer as to why her friend is in such sorrow, however, with no reply she simply consoles her friend with a warm embrace. Adiah's sorrow turns to fear, and fear turns into anger as she thinks of everything that did, could, would, might, should, but must not occur. Her thoughts filter and a wave of clear anger emerged. A wave of anger in the name of fear that her mother might be taking her last breaths at this very moment. With this motive the child gets up on her knees, then she stands heroically on one foot after the other. Her friend sits on the floor, still confused, looking up at Adiah. Cut.