Dreams are made of longing. Ami, in a high school uniform from a well-known elite academy, opens the door and steps inside, and when she calls out that she's back, she hears her father's voice welcoming her home. Even she isn't immune to that, and there's a pleased smile on her lips as she slips off her shoes.

She has good news for him, of course. She's never let him down and for once, she has the experience of being able to hand her parent her exam results instead of leaving them on the table and receiving a white-board note in return. She digs them out and, true to form, the marks are all perfect scores.

"This is from the mock test for the national exams coming up," she explains as she holds them out. She waits, with a confidence she rarely feels while awake, for his approval.