Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of gender discrimination and sexual content.

The narrator describes how the personified figure of Fate decides the course of individuals’ lives. Inspiration comes to him in a song, which he listens to in a trance as he weaves tapestries using various colors that symbolize specific points in life. Once the song ends, Fate hangs the tapestry on his wall and does not alter it. However, Fate hears another song coming from two of his tapestries, one of which is for protagonist Signa Farrow. The tapestries begin to change color as he senses something is wrong. Fate throws them on the hearth, but rather than burning, the tapestries put out the fire.

Fate’s brother, Death, always warned him that his creations were not perfect and eventually someone will manage to defy him and overcome the future he planned. After Death ruined his life, Fate arranged for Signa Farrow’s life to torment him, making Death fall in love with a woman he could never have. After seeing her tapestry act of its own free will, Fate knows he has to meet Signa himself.