In chapter 5, after Liliana runs away after he mother tells her she wishes she was never born, Abigail Williams chases after her. Mai and Rotten eventually find Liliana in the Rural Area. Mai wonders where Abigail was, though Liliana hadn't seen her. She has Rotten take Liliana back home and searches for Abigail, who she eventually finds. Abigail mentions seeing mysterious symbols further in the woods and if Mai decides to return home instead of search for them she and Abigail return home with Mai unable to find Liliana and Rotten. She freaks out and runs back to where they had split up and eventually finds them being drowned by a Shadow Matter.