OOTA (Out of the Asylum) Writers Group Inc. is an independent organization that provides creative writing opportunities for new and emerging writers. The organization is based in Fremantle, Western Australia.
The narrator describes a 'gentle friend' she once had: an Indian man with schizophrenia that she kept in contact with all her life. In and out of mental health institutions, he nevertheless manages to make time for the narrator, bringing her a wedding gift and having meals together. He dies without her knowledge.