(Note: The phone used as the imaging source was set to Eastern Daylight Time, as reflected in all timestamps, though the events unfolded in the Japan Standard Time zone, 13 hours earlier than each timestamp indicates. All EDT times referenced in text are notated with single quotes to indicate the time differential.)
This exchange marks the beginning of correspondence between the father (in green) and mother (in white) on July 30th, 2022. No text communication has been excised from the ensuing messages exchanged between the parents over the next 73 minutes, from the time the mother received the message at ‘11:03 PM’ to her message 73 minutes later at ‘12:16 AM.’ As these messages during this period reveal, there is a drastic change in tone at the transition point from A to B that is not attributable to any action on the father’s part.