Editing City Series:Volume7a Chapter8 (section)

===Kawa-Commentary===

Chapter 8: Atelier

*'''General

This is the chapter original to this book. Lots of new characters in this one, huh?


*'''Page 1

They’re aboard an aerial ship taking them to the center of the Kowloon Peninsula. It has an altitude restriction, but setting up an atmospheric shield is a pain so it probably doesn’t have one.

The ship in the sky is the German Geheimnis Agency’s latest aerial cruiser. It’s a two-hull ship and the left side is the front. The stern of the two hulls is left a bit open to increase its turning ability. A Babel Gun can be attached to the center, but it’s currently detached. It’s colored pitch black, but outside of another country’s airspace, it would be rendered invisible by its illusion spell stealth. It’s currently flying while showing off the majority of its outline.


*'''Page 2

The New Territories have a lot of places that are more like rows of barracks than a city and you can see that in the vast hilly areas of the real city. (I’ve heard it’s been redone quite a lot nowadays.) The power lines have reinforcement charms attached to make sure the power supply doesn’t get severed. The ditches look like they’ve been maintained to avoid tragedy when it rains.

The second building from the front on the right is a home made from a scrapped bus. They’re working hard to live their lives.


*'''Page 3

The houses are generally made by setting up pillars, placing a roof on top, and attaching walls to the outside, but the poor foundation means they often collapse. That’s why they use lightweight materials for the walls and roof. As a bonus, that also makes the construction easier.

This house uses thick pillars, which should be unusual compared to the others in the area.


*'''Page 4

Nothing really to say here…


*'''Page 5

This house has its own kitchen, but that is because Sarah’s mother’s job requires her to entertain a variety of guests. She’s an influential person in town. The kitchen equipment was scavenged (stolen) from the destroyed part of Hong Kong, but that’s why it’s really nice for being in these barracks.

The trashcan in the back even has a bag inside. Her mother must be the fastidious type.


*'''Page 6

The living room. The ceiling shows a tarp covering the gaps in the roof to keep rain out. A drying rope is hanging from the lintel because things left to dry outside tend to get stolen. That thing hanging down at the upper center is a type of windchime that uses an emblem to cool the room with its ringing.

There is also a bookcase in the back and you can see some books on it. That’s a picture frame you can barely see near the top of Beretta’s ear with an incense stick standing up with it.


*'''Page 7

In an area without electric lights, I think it would feel like your neighbors could spy on you if their house was close by. That’s what the curtains are for.


*'''Page 8

A perfect example of a page with nothing to say about it.


*'''Pages 9-10

The shelf on the right was seen on page 5 and the cupboard on the left was seen on page 6. A waterproof mat is rolled up at the bottom of the wall, but that is placed under the wall to fill the gap between it and the ground. That keeps water out, but it’s also a sanitary defense since the ditch flows by outside.

But based on the amount of food, I feel like they’re going to be fighting over it…


*'''Page 11

Follett is pointing and shouting at Gleun because she has to head back to Hong Kong in her Heavy Barrel after losing more money gambling the night before.


*'''Page 12

There is a single vertical black line on the border decoration near the binding on the right. I asked Ya-san (Editor’s Note: He means Satoyasu) what that was and he said it was Thunderbird’s leg. Sexy…

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