Alma is pursued by a shadowy being that she tries to ignore. As she waits one morning for the kettle to heat the water, the shadowy being tries to contact her. Careful at first, it demands more and more attention and claims to Alma's body. It grows until it fills the kitchen and Alma has no choice but to face it. Alma begins a process of grief and acceptance of the shadowy being in her life. She has to deal with it and finally finds a kind of coexistence.