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==“In the Middle of the Desert · b” — Beginner’s Luck · b —==
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Rain continues to fall.
  
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It pounds the earth endlessly.
 
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The landscape is shrouded in mist as far as eye can see, and the fierce sound of water pouring on the earth never seems to cease.
  
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Although it is daytime, the sky remains a dark gloomy grey.
  
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There is, in this great storm, a solitary standing figure.
  
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The person is young; about 15 years old.
  
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Her brown overcoat shelters only her body from the rain.
  
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Her short black hair is already soaked; bangs plastered to her forehead.
  
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Rain runs down and drips off of her face.
  
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The drops that reach her mouth are caught by her tongue.
 
   
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It was raining. Water pounded the earth without pause. Nothing could be seen in the landscape except for the raindrops and mist created by the rain. The fierce sound of water pouring onto the earth never seemed to cease. Although it was daytime, the sky had a dark, gloomy hue.
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“It’s so rare for it to rain like this in such a place. How unusual……” someone said to her.
  
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The voice sounded like that of a young boy, but no one appeared to be there.
  
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The brown-clad figure suddenly raised her head to stare at the sky.
  
   
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There was, amidst this downpour, a solitary standing figure. The person was young — around fifteen. Her long brown coat sheltered only her body from the rain. Her short black hair was completely soaked; bangs plastered to her forehead. From there, water ran down her face. Her tongue caught the drops that reached her mouth.
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Rain fell mercilessly upon the girl’s face and ran from her eyes like tears.
  
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“It is so unlikely for such heavy rain to fall in a place like this. How strange…” someone spoke to her. The voice sounded like a young boy's, but its owner was nowhere to be seen.
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The brown-clad figure casually raised her head to stare at the sky. Rain mercilessly beat down upon the girl’s face and fell from her eyes like tears.
   
 
“Aha ha ha! Aha ha ha ha!”
  
“Aha ha ha! Aha ha ha ha!”
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A smile suddenly appeared on her face, still looking at the sky with mouth open wide and arms outstretched, laughing incessantly.
  
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Then, all of a sudden, she laughed. Head still raised, she opened her mouth wide and reached out to the sky with both arms.
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“Aha ha ha! Aha ha ha ha!”
  
“Aha ha ha! Aha ha ha ha!”
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She continued to smile happily, skipping merrily in a circle with the hem of her overcoat twirling in the air like a gown.
  
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She continued to laugh gleefully, skipping and twirling her body around. The hem of her coat fluttered in the air like a gown.
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“Aha ha! Aha ha ha ha! Aha ha ha ha! Aha ha ha ha ha!”
  
“Aha ha! Aha ha ha ha! Aha ha ha ha! Aha ha ha ha ha!”
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She danced and laughed insanely for a while, then said out into the rain:
  
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She danced and laughed maniacally for a while, then turned to a particular spot shrouded in mist.
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“So what do you think?”
  
“So what do you think?”
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The question seems unacknowledged, so she asked again.
  
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As the question went unacknowledged, she asked once more.
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“What do you think, Hermes?”
  
“What do you think, Hermes?”
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“There’s nothing all that great about it…”
  
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This time there was a reply. “There’s nothing all that great about it…”
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“Nothing?”
  
“Nothing?”
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After hearing the previous words repeated, there came an unenthusiastic response:
  
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After hearing the previous words repeated, there came an unenthusiastic response, “I don’t find this amusing at all, but right now I’m having mixed emotions.”
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“Maybe it's no fun to me at all, but currently my feelings are very complex!”
  
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“Aha ha ha! Aha ha ha ha ha ha---”
 
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“Aha ha ha! Aha ha ha ha ha ha——”
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The girl started to raise her head again in unrestrained laughter.
  
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The voice asked:
  
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The girl raised her head again in unrestrained laughter.
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“Kino, what do you plan to do next next?”
  
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The voice asked, “Kino, what do you plan to do next?”
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“I don’t know. What to do? Why bother worrying?”
  
“I don’t know. What to do? Why bother worrying?”
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When the girl named Kino had replied, she began once again to laugh.
  
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After the girl named Kino replied, she began to laugh once more.
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This rainstorm, perhaps, will continue for a while.
  
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This rainstorm, perhaps, would continue for a while.
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<noinclude>
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{{Navigation
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| Kino no Tabi
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| [[Kino_no_Tabi:Volume2_Frontispiece|Frontispiece]]
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| [[Kino_no_Tabi:Volume2_Chapter1|Chapter 1]]
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}}
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</noinclude>

Latest revision as of 02:56, 15 February 2019

“In the Middle of the Desert · b” — Beginner’s Luck · b —[edit]

It was raining. Water pounded the earth without pause. Nothing could be seen in the landscape except for the raindrops and mist created by the rain. The fierce sound of water pouring onto the earth never seemed to cease. Although it was daytime, the sky had a dark, gloomy hue.

There was, amidst this downpour, a solitary standing figure. The person was young — around fifteen. Her long brown coat sheltered only her body from the rain. Her short black hair was completely soaked; bangs plastered to her forehead. From there, water ran down her face. Her tongue caught the drops that reached her mouth.

“It is so unlikely for such heavy rain to fall in a place like this. How strange…” someone spoke to her. The voice sounded like a young boy's, but its owner was nowhere to be seen.

The brown-clad figure casually raised her head to stare at the sky. Rain mercilessly beat down upon the girl’s face and fell from her eyes like tears.

“Aha ha ha! Aha ha ha ha!”

Then, all of a sudden, she laughed. Head still raised, she opened her mouth wide and reached out to the sky with both arms.

“Aha ha ha! Aha ha ha ha!”

She continued to laugh gleefully, skipping and twirling her body around. The hem of her coat fluttered in the air like a gown.

“Aha ha! Aha ha ha ha! Aha ha ha ha! Aha ha ha ha ha!”

She danced and laughed maniacally for a while, then turned to a particular spot shrouded in mist.

“So what do you think?”

As the question went unacknowledged, she asked once more.

“What do you think, Hermes?”

This time there was a reply. “There’s nothing all that great about it…”

“Nothing?”

After hearing the previous words repeated, there came an unenthusiastic response, “I don’t find this amusing at all, but right now I’m having mixed emotions.”

“Aha ha ha! Aha ha ha ha ha ha——”

The girl raised her head again in unrestrained laughter.

The voice asked, “Kino, what do you plan to do next?”

“I don’t know. What to do? Why bother worrying?”

After the girl named Kino replied, she began to laugh once more.

This rainstorm, perhaps, would continue for a while.



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