Mata-ora in his pain chanted a song calling upon his wife's name.

Report of this was carried to Niwa Reka, and her heart was touched.

She forgave her husband, and nursed him through the fever caused by the tattooing.

Happier than Orpheus and Eurydice, the pair returned to earth and taught men to copy the patterns punctured on Mata-ora's face.

But, alas! in their joy they forgot to pay to Ku Whata Whata, the mysterious janitor of Hades, Niwa Reka's cloak as fee.