The room is dark and cold. The only furniture is a mattress on the floor. There are no windows in the room.

Kokichi sits on the mattress crying quietly. This is his room... There is a picture of his older siblings hanging on the wall. He hugs a old and battered stuffed bear to his chest. There are bruises on his face, arms and legs, but the most prominent one is a bruise in the shape of a hand around his neck...