Editing City Series:Volume7 Layer 7 (section)

===Record: 76: The Sounds Have Memories===
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'''08/07/1998

'''20:11

I was doing security for a large fireworks festival along the Tama River. I had Lady with me as a recordkeeper while I went around punching anyone who was up to no good. At one point, Lady came to a stop.

“Oh, look. There are fireworks flying into the sky. Wow, and they’re going boom!”

She had gone a little bit crazy as she looked up into the sky where the fireworks were blossoming.

The noise reached us a moment later and that seemed to remind her of our job out here. She shrugged and caught back up with me.

I nodded, turned my back on the fireworks sounds, and resumed my patrol.

I heard another boom. And another.

After the third one, Lady tugged on my sleeve. I looked back and into the sky to see no fireworks in the sky to match the booms. She tilted her head at this.

“Sometimes it’s just the sound.”

“They eliminate the light and only play the sound for people who aren’t paying attention. It’s an energy-saving measure.”

As soon as I said that, a passerby made a comment.

“The sounds that were seen last year are gathered out back this year. They have no successors, which has left them shorthanded. The night sky normally belongs to us, so I do feel bad.”

“I see,” I said and turned toward the voice to find no one there anymore.

But Lady narrowed her eyes into the sky past the fireworks.

“The evening star is shining.”

'''Author Comment:

I feel like fireworks festivals are getting less common.

They’re completely gone in my area, or at least really small.

I always loved sitting in a large parking lot and watching the fireworks while I ate some snacks.