Natalia frequents the Internet cafe, catching the bus from various points across town to return to a dingy computer. This is the only way she can access the emails her correspondent from Blackseabrides.com sends to her and how she can reply. She leaves her communal apartment, a remnant from the communist era that swept through the Ukraine, and boards the bus. She visits her brother who is homeless and often begs or busks for money from amused, mindless tourists. She tries to make sure he has food, clean needles, and condoms, but he refuses her offerings. Natalia then goes to the hospital to receive her medicine to help treat her HIV, though she is terrified of the makeshift hospital closing down. Her constant solace is the cassette tape of her most favorite, beloved band: Inward Path. She emails her correspondent, a blue-eyed, balding man in his thirties named Bob, from Montana, and shares with him her lyrics from her precious band. He sends an email back explaining his distaste and reveals his favorite artist is Bruce Springsteen. Natalia discards an email she was struggling to draft in response to Montana Bob, and knows that that is the end of their correspondence. She walks home, listening to Inward Path.