Back downstairs, she runs into Granny (English: Pat Carroll Japanese: Tanie Kitabayashi), an elderly next-door neighbor who's been watching over the house.
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She reaches a tentative finger into a crack in the wall and startles a mess of black sootballs, one of which she is able to capture between her hands. Satsuki goes back downstairs but Mei's curiosity is piqued. When nothing responds, Satsuki runs to the opposite end of the attic to open the window as Mei notices dark, fuzzy things in the wall, staring at them intently. Intrigued, the girls go up and yell at the darkness. Faint rustling is heard in the darkness above before an acorn falls down the steps. They open all the windows and doors before daring to venture up the stairs into the attic.
Their house is old and falling apart in places, but the girls find it charming and set out immediately to explore.
The girls are excited about the move since it will bring them closer to their mother, Yasuko (English: Lea Salonga Japanese: Sumi Shimamoto), who is ill in the hospital (it is implied that she has tuberculosis).
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