Suddenly, Maricha feels an intense pain from its footsie. "Gotta plug the hole beneath too." Granny, saying that, burns the footsie with a burning twig. The happy dream is immediately dispersed by the pain, its echo instead preceded by leaking painful noises. The unpleasant smell of its own skin burning. Even though it's not the time of birth, the thought-snuffing pain causes its eyes to start opening.