Dolores is about to give birth. Determined not to want to keep her child, she gives anonymous childbirth. The young woman experiences the emotional stages of her delivery alone. Finally, a gesture of tenderness brings her face to face with herself.

The sun rises over the dark, misty forest. It's springtime. Nature is lush. A man in his fifties walks warily along a hiking trail cut through tall ferns. He's not walking alone; something invisible is connected to him.