Noriko Ōishi
[Shikishima has just confessed to Noriko about his being a failed kamikaze pilot and his encounters with Godzilla.]
Listen to me. Everyone who survived the war is meant to live.
Kōichi Shikishima
How do you know?!?
Noriko Ōishi
I just do! As flames took my parents, they ordered me to live. So whatever happens next, I know I must survive! That's kept me going.
Kōichi Shikishima
[becoming distraught]
I can't. They beckon to me in my dreams every night. "Hurry and come", they say. "Why are you still cheating death?"
Noriko Ōishi
It's just a dream. Ghosts you created.
Kōichi Shikishima
Maybe it's an illusion. What if I'm really dead already? I died long ago on that island and lie rotting. You and Akiko are just the last dream of a dead man. [breaks down] That must be it! It has to be!
Noriko Ōishi
[embracing Shikishima]
You are alive! You are alive, Koichi. [softly] Can't you feel it?
