Kara no Kyoukai:Chapter05 02 - Revision history

Zwei7 at 18:13, 5 June 2010

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Zwei7 at 17:47, 5 June 2010

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	Acting in this manner --- I woke up one day to find that I had clean forgotten about the running I had liked so much.<br>		Acting in this manner --- I woke up one day to find that I had clean forgotten about the running I had liked so much.<br>

	It was something I had enjoyed so much. Something that had been such a source of relief. It became something I ~~could give~~ up because of a trifling a misfortune occurred, that realisation shocked even me.<br>		It was something I had enjoyed so much. Something that had been such a source of relief. It became something I gave up because of a trifling misfortune occurred, that realisation shocked even me.<br>

	The people who had praised me disappeared, and I didn't have time to run anymore. How could such excuse-like things break me of my enjoyment.<br>		The people who had praised me disappeared, and I didn't have time to run anymore. How could such excuse-like things break me of my enjoyment.<br>
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	Suddenly, I came back to my senses from there onwards. For me --- as self-righteous as my thoughts are, there's nothing like a meaning in my position.<br>		Suddenly, I came back to my senses from there onwards. For me --- as self-righteous as my thoughts are, there's nothing like a meaning in my position.<br>

	Looking at the clock, it was becoming night time without me having ~~noticing~~.<br>		Looking at the clock, it was becoming night time without me having noticed.<br>

	I can't stay here for hours on end. I left the overflowing tide of humanity behind and left that place.<br>		I can't stay here for hours on end. I left the overflowing tide of humanity behind and left that place.<br>

24.226.57.247 at 03:55, 29 May 2010

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	Acting in this manner --- I woke up one day to find that I had clean forgotten about the running I had liked so much.<br>		Acting in this manner --- I woke up one day to find that I had clean forgotten about the running I had liked so much.<br>

	It was something I had enjoyed so much. Something that had been such a source of relief. ~~But it had been~~ something I could give up because of so trifling a misfortune ~~as that occurring~~, that realisation shocked even me.<br>		It was something I had enjoyed so much. Something that had been such a source of relief. It became something I could give up because of a trifling a misfortune occurred, that realisation shocked even me.<br>

	The people who had praised me disappeared, and I didn't have time to run anymore. How could such excuse-like things break me of my enjoyment.<br>		The people who had praised me disappeared, and I didn't have time to run anymore. How could such excuse-like things break me of my enjoyment.<br>

Zwei7 at 16:22, 26 May 2010

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DrChaos: fixed two typos

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	--- Damn it, under these circumstance I may as well be a thief. Lights, I have to turn on the lights. You get suspected because its dark. Ah, but where's the switch ---?<br>		--- Damn it, under these circumstance I may as well be a thief. Lights, I have to turn on the lights. You get suspected because its dark. Ah, but where's the switch ---?<br>

	I pat the wall looking for the light switch for the ~~flourescent~~ light.<br>		I pat the wall looking for the light switch for the fluorescent light.<br>

	At that moment I hear the door open.<br>		At that moment I hear the door open.<br>
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	But, even then ---.<br>		But, even then ---.<br>

	"Are you for real? You are going to ~~hid~~ a suspicious guy like me without wanting anything in return? You haven't taken any drugs have you?"<br>		"Are you for real? You are going to hide a suspicious guy like me without wanting anything in return? You haven't taken any drugs have you?"<br>

	"What a rude guy. I hate drugs, and I'm extremely normal. I don't even report anything to the police. Although I will if you tell me to."<br>		"What a rude guy. I hate drugs, and I'm extremely normal. I don't even report anything to the police. Although I will if you tell me to."<br>

Alyeris at 11:25, 30 June 2008

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	~~===~~/2 Paradox Spiral~~===~~<br>		'''/2 Paradox Spiral'''<br>

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	~~'''~~/2~~'''~~<br>		===/2 Paradox Spiral===<br>


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	My nights, always finish in this manner.		My nights, always finish in this manner.

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	Click, click, click.<br>		Click, click, click.<br>
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	I can't stay here for hours on end. I left the overflowing tide of humanity behind and left that place.<br>		I can't stay here for hours on end. I left the overflowing tide of humanity behind and left that place.<br>

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	The light from a weak streetlight is illuminating the street by an unfamiliar residence.<br>		The light from a weak streetlight is illuminating the street by an unfamiliar residence.<br>

Alyeris at 11:21, 30 June 2008

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Magus at 22:35, 11 June 2007

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	Humans, if we crash once do we become so unable to act like men?<br>		Humans, if we crash once do we become so unable to act like men?<br>

	I was always prideful of the ~~fat~~ that the merit of the guy called Enjoh Tomoe was the rapidity with which my feelings changed. But if I'm like this its not fast or slow. Am I still unable to cut those lingering attachments after all?<br>		I was always prideful of the fact that the merit of the guy called Enjoh Tomoe was the rapidity with which my feelings changed. But if I'm like this its not fast or slow. Am I still unable to cut those lingering attachments after all?<br>

	When I look up I don't see a light on in Ryougi's room. It seems that she is absent.<br>		When I look up I don't see a light on in Ryougi's room. It seems that she is absent.<br>

Magus at 22:32, 11 June 2007

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	Suddenly, I came back to my senses from there onwards. For me --- as self-righteous as my thoughts are, there's nothing like a meaning in my position.<br>		Suddenly, I came back to my senses from there onwards. For me --- as self-righteous as my thoughts are, there's nothing like a meaning in my position.<br>

	Looking at the clock, it was becoming night time without my having ~~noticed~~.<br>		Looking at the clock, it was becoming night time without me having noticing.<br>

	I can't stay here for hours on end. I left the overflowing tide of humanity behind and left that place.<br>		I can't stay here for hours on end. I left the overflowing tide of humanity behind and left that place.<br>

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	"--- Fine. Since I've come here I may as well look."<br>		"--- Fine. Since I've come here I may as well look."<br>

	I go up the stairs. Let's confront the harsh reality, the reason for my actions was that I wanted to guide that ~~self~~ of ~~mine~~ that still clung to an unique salvation.<br>		I go up the stairs. Let's confront the harsh reality, the reason for my actions was that I wanted to guide that part of me that still clung to a unique salvation.<br>

	Going up the iron stairway that ~~clangs~~ with every step, I arrived at the room on the end of the second floor.<br>		Going up the iron stairway that clanged with every step, I arrived at the room on the end of the second floor.<br>

	The paper that was here when I came out this morning isn't there. It looks like Ryougi came back once. There's no response even when I knock on the door.<br>		The paper that was here when I came out this morning isn't there. It looks like Ryougi came back once. There's no response even when I knock on the door.<br>
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	I can't believe this, I can't believe this, I can't believe I would do something like this.<br>		I can't believe this, I can't believe this, I can't believe I would do something like this.<br>

	Of course I am ~~imitating a rebel~~ now, but I always hated anything ~~like~~ crime. Since I was young I disliked cowardly acts. Yet, after committing murder I am now trespassing. --- No, this is force majeur. Anyway, that girl said so as well, that I could use this place as I liked.<br>		Of course I am playing the part of the criminal now, but I always hated anything resembling crime. Since I was young I disliked cowardly acts. Yet, after committing murder I am now trespassing. --- No, this is force majeur. Anyway, that girl said so as well, that I could use this place as I liked.<br>

	Clickclickclick.<br>		Clickclickclick.<br>
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	The light's aren't on so the room's dark. Within the darkness, I gasp for breath and kill the noise of my footsteps.<br>		The light's aren't on so the room's dark. Within the darkness, I gasp for breath and kill the noise of my footsteps.<br>

	--- Damn it, under these circumstance I may as well be a thief. Lights, I have to turn on the lights. You get ~~suspected because its~~ dark. Ah, but where's the switch ---?<br>		--- Damn it, under these circumstance I may as well be a thief. Lights, I have to turn on the lights. You get suspicious if it's dark. Ah, but where's the switch ---?<br>

	I pat the wall looking for the light switch for the fluorescent light.<br>		I pat the wall looking for the light switch for the fluorescent light.<br>
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	At that moment I hear the door open.<br>		At that moment I hear the door open.<br>

	Ryougi's come back, before I could think ~~that fix my position~~, the owner of the house turned on the light and opened the door.<br>		Ryougi's come back, before I could think to explain myself, the owner of the house turned on the light and opened the door.<br>

	She opens it, and stares at my trespassing self with blank eyes.<br>		She opens it, and stares at my trespassing self with blank eyes.<br>
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	"Do you want it? I hate cold things."<br>		"Do you want it? I hate cold things."<br>

	Hwik, she throws me a cup of ice-cream. The label says Haagen-Daaz's strawberry. ~~That~~ she doesn't care about an invader like me isn't the only puzzling thing about her, buying something she doesn't like is a riddle as well.<br>		Hwik, she throws me a cup of ice-cream. The label says Haagen-Daaz's strawberry. The fact that she doesn't care about an invader like me isn't the only puzzling thing about her, buying something she doesn't like is a riddle as well.<br>

	Holding the cold cup in both hands, I fully mobilise my reasoning power.<br>		Holding the cold cup in both hands, I fully mobilise my reasoning power.<br>
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	This girl doesn't care about me at all. Even though she knows ... well I can't be sure how sincerely she takes it... that I'm a murderer. Does the fact that she still offered her room as a refuge mean that this girl is someone the police is after too ... ?<br>		This girl doesn't care about me at all. Even though she knows ... well I can't be sure how sincerely she takes it... that I'm a murderer. Does the fact that she still offered her room as a refuge mean that this girl is someone the police is after too ... ?<br>

	"... Oi. You. You are a suspicious person aren't you?"<br>		"... Hey. You. You are a suspicious person aren't you?"<br>

	When I asked such a thing ignoring all the things I had done, the kimono girl started laughing, "Ahahahaha!" loudly.<br>		When I asked such a thing ignoring all the things I had done, the kimono girl started laughing, "Ahahahaha!" loudly.<br>
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	"You asked me to help you. I helped you since I didn't have anything else to do. You don't have a place to sleep do you? You can use this place for a while. It's not as if Mikiya is coming anytime soon anyway."<br>		"You asked me to help you. I helped you since I didn't have anything else to do. You don't have a place to sleep do you? You can use this place for a while. It's not as if Mikiya is coming anytime soon anyway."<br>

	... You helped because you had nothing better to do? What the hell is that, however relaxed you may be what kind of stupid reason is that. My mind may be upside down, but its not mangled so badly as to blindly accept that. With this as evidence I can at least figure out if this girl is lying or not.<br>		... You helped because you had nothing better to do? What the hell is that, however relaxed you may be, what kind of stupid reason is that? My mind may be upside down, but its not mangled so badly as to blindly accept that. With this as evidence I can at least figure out if this girl is lying or not.<br>

	I glare at the girl in the kimono. She doesn't pay any attention at all. It's different from disregard, it's ~~and~~ imposing ~~candidness~~. ... What is this paradox. Distressingly, there is no reason to suspect that Ryougi is not speaking sincerely.<br>		I glare at the girl in the kimono. She doesn't pay any attention at all. It's different from disregard, but it's not imposing indifference either. ... What is this paradox. Distressingly, there is no reason to suspect that Ryougi is not speaking sincerely.<br>

	If it's not that, could it be that this person does not need a beneficial reason. If you took it as granted that this girl didn't think of easy to understand reasons like, because you are a friend or, because I can get money.<br>		If it's not that, could it be that this person does not need a beneficial reason. If you took it as granted that this girl didn't think of easy to understand reasons like, because you are a friend or, because I can get money.<br>
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	Hearing that I almost fainted.<br>		Hearing that I almost fainted.<br>

	This girl Ryougi, apparently she didn't have a key to the house. The only time she locked the door was when she slept, when she went out she just closed the door. The position of the person in question being, even if a thief was to come in while she was away there would be no harm done to her.<br>		This girl Ryougi, apparently she didn't have a key to the house. The only time she locked the door was when she slept, when she went out she just closed the door. The position of the person in question being, even if a thief was to come in while she was away, there would be no harm done to her.<br>

	So the reason I was able to trespass wasn't a coincidence or anything. It could be that the reason for the absence of any household items in this room is because a burglar broke in.<br>		So the reason I was able to trespass wasn't a coincidence or anything. It could be that the reason for the absence of any household items in this room is because a burglar broke in.<br>
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	"I lost the spare too. So what? It's nothing that would trouble you, and if you stole these kind of things it would just weigh you down."<br>		"I lost the spare too. So what? It's nothing that would trouble you, and if you stole these kind of things it would just weigh you down."<br>

	... Damn it, if I talk one way she's the type to rebut my words in that manner. Even so I can't relax if she doesn't have a key. There's ~~the safety~~ of ~~one~~'s ~~own self to think of~~, but ~~is it that there~~ is that ~~bad a problem~~ in Ryougi's life.<br>		... Damn it, if I talk one way she's the type to rebut my words in that manner. Even so I can't relax if she doesn't have a key. There's a sense of self-preservation that's always on your mind, but is that instinct missing in Ryougi's life.<br>

	I put aside the undescribable repulsion I had been holding towards Ryougi until a moment ago, and truly worried about this immature kid.<br>		I put aside the undescribable repulsion I had been holding towards Ryougi until a moment ago, and truly worried about this immature kid.<br>
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	"... That's fine but, do you have the money?"<br>		"... That's fine but, do you have the money?"<br>

	"Don't think so lowly of me. I can do this much at least. I'll do it all tonight, so from tomorrow ~~take~~ a key ~~around~~ properly!"<br>		"Don't think so lowly of me. I can do this much at least. I'll do it all tonight, so from tomorrow on carry a key with you properly!"<br>

	And, I stood up.<br>		And, I stood up.<br>

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	Click, a noise. It's the room beside mine.<br>		Click, a noise. It's the room beside mine.<br>

	Is it getting around 10 o'clock? Only a few minutes have passed since, tired from work, I entrusted my body to my bedsheets. Woken from my shallow sleep I was suddenly dozing off again.<br>		Is it getting around 10 o'clock? Only a few minutes have passed since and I'm tired from work, I entrusted my body to my bedsheets. Woken from my shallow sleep I was suddenly dozing off again.<br>

	The noise from the other side of the door only came once.<br>		The noise from the other side of the door only came once.<br>
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	That, this kind of scene, it would have been better had I not seen it.<br>		That, this kind of scene, it would have been better had I not seen it.<br>

	The one who opened the door is my mother. Because of the light coming from behind her I can't tell anything about her ~~but~~ that she's standing there. That image isn't important as my eyes see nothing but the dreadful image visible though the open door.<br>		The one who opened the door is my mother. Because of the light coming from behind her I can't tell anything about her except that she's standing there. That image isn't important as my eyes see nothing but the dreadful image visible though the open door.<br>

	The image of my dad lying slumped over the dinner table.<br>		The image of my dad lying slumped over the dinner table.<br>

	The cheap table which should be brown is dyed red, and my fallen father keeps dripping red blood onto the floor. ... It just seemed like a broken tap.<br>		The cheap table, which should be brown, is dyed red and my fallen father keeps dripping red blood onto the floor. ... It just seemed like a broken tap.<br>

	"Tomoe, please die," says the standing shadow.<br>		"Tomoe, please die," says the standing shadow.<br>
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	I only knew that the shadow was my mother after I had been stabbed in the chest.<br>		I only knew that the shadow was my mother after I had been stabbed in the chest.<br>

	My mother stabs me over and over with the kitchen knife, lastly she ~~stabs~~ her own throat with it.<br>		My mother stabs me over and over with the kitchen knife, lastly she slits her own throat with it.<br>

	Its a nightmare to end all nightmares.<br>		Its a nightmare to end all nightmares.<br>
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	Click, click, click.<br>		Click, click, click.<br>

	... When woke up to the sound in my ears Ryougi had already gone out.<br>		... When I woke up to the sound in my ears, Ryougi had already gone out.<br>

	Lifting up my body which is bruised all over from the beating I got I look around the room.<br>		Lifting up my body, which is bruised all over from the beating I got, I look around the room.<br>

	Stuck in the corner of the second floor in a four storey apartment, this is the house of the kimono girl. Or, would it be more appropriate to call it a room than a house. The hallway stretches 1m from the front door to the lounge, and on the way is a door leading to the bathroom.<br>		Stuck in the corner of the second floor in a four storey apartment, this is the house of the kimono girl. Or, would it be more appropriate to call it a room than a house. The hallway stretches 1m from the front door to the lounge, and on the way is a door leading to the bathroom.<br>
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	--- Last night.<br>		--- Last night.<br>

	After following her for an hour the place I arrived at was this room. Seeing as the mailbox at the apartment entrance bore the name Ryougi, it seems that the woman's last name is Ryougi.<br>		After following her for an hour, the place I arrived at was this room. Seeing as the mailbox at the apartment entrance bore the name Ryougi, it seems that the woman's last name is Ryougi.<br>

	That woman --- even after Ryougi brought me into the room she didn't say anything but instead stripped off her leather jacket and crawled into bed.<br>		That woman --- even after Ryougi brought me into the room she didn't say anything but instead stripped off her leather jacket and crawled into bed.<br>
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	All of a sudden, I remember her words from last night.<br>		All of a sudden, I remember her words from last night.<br>

	When I said that I had killed someone Ryougi had replied that she had done the same. ... Ryougi's words ~~hadn~~'t seemed real then but they might be true after all. Because this room is a fugitive's room. The sense that someone lives here is lacking to the point of morbidity. ~~Thinking up to there~~ I ~~get~~ a chilling ~~feeling~~. I thought I had picked up an ace of spades but had I picked up a joker instead? ... Whatever the case I didn't intend to stay long. I wanted to at least say goodbye but since the person in question isn't here there's no helping it.<br>		When I said that I had killed someone Ryougi had replied that she had done the same. ... Ryougi's words didn't seemed real back then, but they might be true after all. Because this room is a fugitive's room. The sense that someone lives here is lacking to the point of morbidity. At that moment I got a chilling sensation. I thought I had picked up an ace of spades but had I picked up a joker instead? ... Whatever the case I didn't intend to stay long. I wanted to at least say goodbye but since the person in question isn't here there's no helping it.<br>

	Walking carefully like a thief who has broken in, I decided to leave the unfamiliar girl's room.		Walking carefully like a thief who has broken in, I decided to leave the unfamiliar girl's room.
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	At first I hesitantly went around the road beside the mansion, but regardless of my situation the world was no different from usual. Like a hand on a clock going round and round it was just repeating its daily routine with no change at all.<br>		At first I hesitantly went around the road beside the mansion, but regardless of my situation the world was no different from usual. Like a hand on a clock going round and round it was just repeating its daily routine with no change at all.<br>

	So its like this in the end, ~~and depressed~~ I came out to the main road.<br>		So its like this in the end. Depressed, I came out to the main road.<br>

	The road is the same as always. There are no police looking for Enjoh Tomoe, and there are no looks holding me in contempt for being a murderer.<br>		The road is the same as always. There are no police looking for Enjoh Tomoe, and there are no looks holding me in contempt for being a murderer.<br>
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	In that state I spent a few blank hours.<br>		In that state I spent a few blank hours.<br>

	Even though its a weekday this place is booming with people. The side-walks are overflowing with people and when the pedestrian lights turn green a tide of humanity flows out with a force that seems set to knock the cars out of the way.<br>		Even though its a weekday this place is booming with people. The side-walks are overflowing with people and when the pedestrian lights turn green, a tide of humanity flows out with a force that seems set to knock the cars out of the way.<br>

	The majority of the crowd are humans that aren't so different in age from me. On the whole they walk foward with smiling faces or iron visages. There's no hesitation there. No --- they've probably never even thought of hesitating. On their faces there isn't even the letter 'life', I can't see these faces as living for a hope-filled future or a dream they wish to fulfil. Everyone walks on with faces that say they know everything about the world. But amongst all that, how much truth is there?<br>		The majority of the crowd are humans that aren't so different in age from me. On the whole they walk foward with smiling faces or iron visages. There's no hesitation there. No --- they've probably never even thought of hesitating. On their faces there isn't even the letter 'life', I can't see these faces as living for a hope-filled future or a dream they wish to fulfil. Everyone walks on with faces that say they know everything about the world. But amongst all that, how much truth is there?<br>
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	Real and fake.<br>		Real and fake.<br>

	I kept looking from within the crowds ~~that cannot~~ be reconciled to try and find a real one, but couldn't distinguish them at all.<br>		I kept looking from within the crowds, unable to be reconciled, to try and find a real one, but couldn't distinguish them at all.<br>

	Is it obvious? --- As originally the only one who would know such a thing is yourself.<br>		Is it obvious? --- As originally the only one who would know such a thing is yourself.<br>
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	Besides, I liked to run more than anything else.<br>		Besides, I liked to run more than anything else.<br>

	In that at least I was genuine. I even had a conviction that I wouldn't let any obstacle get in my way.<br>		In that I at least was genuine. I even had a conviction that I wouldn't let any obstacle get in my way.<br>

	But I stopped running.<br>		But I stopped running.<br>
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	I don't know anything of what was going on with our family. I was too busy just living my life.<br>		I don't know anything of what was going on with our family. I was too busy just living my life.<br>

	I went to school with the money I earned, and entered high school through my efforts alone. My parents whom I already could not think of as parents, and the problem of money with which to live on. To me who bore those two burdens, running was my unique salvation.<br>		I went to school with the money I earned, and entered high school through my efforts alone. My parents whom I already could not think of as parents and the problem of money with which to live on. To me who bore those two burdens, running was my unique salvation.<br>

	So no matter how tired I was I continued club activities and was able to enter high school as well.<br>		So no matter how tired I was I continued club activities and was able to enter high school as well.<br>
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	I think mother obtained the indemnity for the victim's family by borrowing money from her relations with her head bowed. At that time I was depressed and didn't want to think about anything so I can't be sure.<br>		I think mother obtained the indemnity for the victim's family by borrowing money from her relations with her head bowed. At that time I was depressed and didn't want to think about anything so I can't be sure.<br>

	Waiting for me after all the strife was over was the change in my surroundings. There was no longer any connection between me and my parents, but for just the reason that I was their child there was a sudden change in the school community's attitude towards me.<br>		Waiting for me, after all the strife was over, was the change in my surroundings. There was no longer any connection between me and my parents, but for just the reason that I was their child there was a sudden change in the school community's attitude towards me.<br>

	The track team coaches who had always been helpful ~~till~~ then began to openly ignore me. The seniors who had supported me saying that a prodigy had joined the club pressured me to quit the track team.<br>		The track team coaches, who had always been helpful, then began to openly ignore me. The seniors who had supported me saying that a prodigy had joined the club pressured me to quit the track team.<br>

	But I was already used to that sort of thing so it wasn't really a problem.<br>		But I was already used to that sort of thing so it wasn't really a problem.<br>

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	All of a sudden, I remember her words from last night.<br>		All of a sudden, I remember her words from last night.<br>

	When I said that I had killed someone Ryougi had replied that she had done the same. ... Ryougi's words hadn't seemed real then but they might be true after all. Because this room is a fugitive's room. The sense that someone lives here is lacking to the point of morbidity. Thinking up to there I get a chilling feeling. I thought I had picked up an ace of spades but ~~have~~ I picked up a joker instead? ... Whatever the case I didn't intend to stay long. I wanted to at least say goodbye but since the person in question isn't here there's no helping it.<br>		When I said that I had killed someone Ryougi had replied that she had done the same. ... Ryougi's words hadn't seemed real then but they might be true after all. Because this room is a fugitive's room. The sense that someone lives here is lacking to the point of morbidity. Thinking up to there I get a chilling feeling. I thought I had picked up an ace of spades but had I picked up a joker instead? ... Whatever the case I didn't intend to stay long. I wanted to at least say goodbye but since the person in question isn't here there's no helping it.<br>

	Walking carefully like a thief who has broken in, I decided to leave the unfamiliar girl's room.		Walking carefully like a thief who has broken in, I decided to leave the unfamiliar girl's room.
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	I don't know anything of what was going on with our family. I was too busy just living my life.<br>		I don't know anything of what was going on with our family. I was too busy just living my life.<br>

	I went to school with the money I ~~earnt~~, and entered high school through my efforts alone. My parents whom I already could not think of as parents, and the problem of money with which to live on. To me who bore those two burdens, running was my unique salvation.<br>		I went to school with the money I earned, and entered high school through my efforts alone. My parents whom I already could not think of as parents, and the problem of money with which to live on. To me who bore those two burdens, running was my unique salvation.<br>

	So no matter how tired I was I continued club activities and was able to enter high school as well.<br>		So no matter how tired I was I continued club activities and was able to enter high school as well.<br>
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	But then My dad caused an accident. He hit a person with a car. That wasn't the only problem. Dad didn't even have a driver's license ---.<br>		But then My dad caused an accident. He hit a person with a car. That wasn't the only problem. Dad didn't even have a driver's license ---.<br>

	I think mother obtained the indemnity for the victim's family ~~but~~ borrowing money from her relations with her head bowed. At that time I was depressed and didn't want to think about anything so I can't be sure.<br>		I think mother obtained the indemnity for the victim's family by borrowing money from her relations with her head bowed. At that time I was depressed and didn't want to think about anything so I can't be sure.<br>

	Waiting for me after all the strife was over was the change in my surroundings. There was no longer any connection between me and my parents, but for just the reason that I was their child there was a sudden change in the school community's attitude towards me.<br>		Waiting for me after all the strife was over was the change in my surroundings. There was no longer any connection between me and my parents, but for just the reason that I was their child there was a sudden change in the school community's attitude towards me.<br>
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	Acting in this manner --- I woke up one day to find that I had clean forgotten about the running I had liked so much.<br>		Acting in this manner --- I woke up one day to find that I had clean forgotten about the running I had liked so much.<br>

	It was something I had enjoyed so much. Something that had been such a source of relief. But it had been something I could give up because of so trifling a misfortune as that ~~occuring~~, that realisation shocked even me.<br>		It was something I had enjoyed so much. Something that had been such a source of relief. But it had been something I could give up because of so trifling a misfortune as that occurring, that realisation shocked even me.<br>

	The people who had praised me disappeared, and I didn't have time to run anymore. How could such excuse-like things break me of my enjoyment.<br>		The people who had praised me disappeared, and I didn't have time to run anymore. How could such excuse-like things break me of my enjoyment.<br>
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	Hwik, she throws me a cup of ice-cream. The label says Haagen-Daaz's strawberry. That she doesn't care about an invader like me isn't the only puzzling thing about her, buying something she doesn't like is a riddle as well.<br>		Hwik, she throws me a cup of ice-cream. The label says Haagen-Daaz's strawberry. That she doesn't care about an invader like me isn't the only puzzling thing about her, buying something she doesn't like is a riddle as well.<br>

	Holding the cold cup in both hands, I fully ~~mobilised~~ my reasoning power.<br>		Holding the cold cup in both hands, I fully mobilise my reasoning power.<br>

	This girl doesn't care about me at all. Even ~~tough~~ she knows ... well I can't be sure how sincerely she takes it... that I'm a murderer. Does the fact that she still offered her room as a refuge mean that this girl is someone the police is after too ... ?<br>		This girl doesn't care about me at all. Even though she knows ... well I can't be sure how sincerely she takes it... that I'm a murderer. Does the fact that she still offered her room as a refuge mean that this girl is someone the police is after too ... ?<br>

	"... Oi. You. You are a suspicious person aren't you?"<br>		"... Oi. You. You are a suspicious person aren't you?"<br>