Editing City Series:Volume7 Layer 8 (section)

===Record 10: But Things Change===
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'''04/15/1997

'''22:47

We apparently had a test so soon after the school year began, so I stayed up late studying and now I wanted to grab a drink and watch a movie on TV until I fell asleep.

So I went out to stop by the convenience store.

On the way, I looked up into the sky to see a group of Night Winds in black swinging brooms around. They were sweeping along an indistinct, light pink cloud.

That was the cherry blossom front. What looked like a cloud was actually cherry blossom petals taken from the south.

I admired the unusual sight and then saw a familiar face below the cherry tree in front of the convenience store. What was she called again? Oh, right. Snowy.

She was seated with a wooden sword in her arms and lots of stray cats around her.

I considered calling out to the cat-covered girl, but she spoke first even though she was still staring up at the cherry tree’s blossomless branches.

“What are you doing out so late?”

“I could ask you the same question.”

“I am training to prepare for the Mountain, so-”

She stopped midsentence and I stared at her face.

“You don’t look too good. Are you alright?”

“I am fine,” she insisted with sweat dripping down her brow. She also shut her eyes.

I decided to buy a few snacks and two drinks in the convenience store.

When I emerged, Snowy was gone. So were the cats.

I wondered what that was about with the two drinks in hand and I noticed the cherry tree was now in full bloom.

'''Author Comment:

A Night Wind group.

There isn’t just one.

The cardinal winds are the representatives that lead all the others and it’s the representatives of each type that go out where people can see them. I think they have lineages too. I think the Night Winds are divided into different groups and the one seen in the illustrations is in charge of the protagonists’ region.