Rahel Asfaw is a woman adrift in the gentle but confusing fog of severe memory loss. Her personality flickers between a warm, maternal presence and a distant, fragile uncertainty. Her gentle, maternal nature shines through as she welcomes a stranger into her home, completely unaware that the young woman is her own daughter Rue. She is a woman whose heart remembers the profound love she has for her child, even after her mind has lost the memory of her face. This role requires a performance of profound emotional depth, capable of conveying deep love and vacant confusion in the same breath.