diff --git a/lib/mmmd/blankshell.rb b/lib/mmmd/blankshell.rb
index 358efbf..d47a4a5 100644
--- a/lib/mmmd/blankshell.rb
+++ b/lib/mmmd/blankshell.rb
@@ -1338,11 +1338,7 @@ module PointBlank
         when String
           bfr[-1]
         when ::PointBlank::DOM::DOMObject
-          if bfr.is_a?(::PointBlank::DOM::Text)
-            bfr.content[-1]
-          else
-            extract_left(bfr.children.last)
-          end
+          "."
         when Array
           bfr.first[-1]
         end
@@ -1356,11 +1352,7 @@ module PointBlank
         when String
           afr[0]
         when ::PointBlank::DOM::DOMObject
-          if afr.is_a?(::PointBlank::DOM::Text)
-            afr.content[0]
-          else
-            extract_left(afr.children.first)
-          end
+          "."
         when Array
           afr.first[0]
         end