After Alice is taken by the same curse, Sea Mother reveals her connection to the spirit, having known her before death and how she came to be as she is now. The healer later stows away on the smuggler's boat that Yuri and the group are taking to Shanghai, knowing that Li Li will not give up so easily. Her intent is to help the poor girl move on to Nirvana, and even expresses that she would give her own life to do so.