Chapter 10 (1/2)
Who are you?
You wash your face
Suddenly, you're aware that the scenery around you has coed You're in some watery place, as if all the snow around you hadinto your shoes As far as the eye can see, this is a place where a s water everywhere Even with the water that up, you walk happily The water splashes, and while it's kinda hard to walk, you
Water is life itself Everyone's body, and even corpses, areyou need the most to live, so everyone seeks water instinctively If you let yourself sink in the ater of a bath, up to your shoulders, you'd reach peace of ht smile arises on your face
The water is crystal clear, and nothing obstructs your view It resembles a southern shoal, with clear sand, like a jewel paved road It draws a unique pattern under your feet, like that of skin's photo zoomed in
Like a kid's skin covered in sweat after playing around for long, hugging a friend It gave that feeling of not at all unpleasant da to your face with the back of your hand
The gentle light reflects on the water's surface, illu the burial clothes you wore up until before you washed your face, and wore now your usual clothes Your hair is tidily tied, and your braids bounce cheerfully as you walk You're walking on a wonderful scenery, like that of a fairy tale, like the world a happy child sees, ayour very soul
Around you, there is a rocky, fragile area, as if it was ar It's a pure white platform You reach a place where you can easily clietting the water off you You squeeze your braids too Move away the bangs sticking to your forehead, you take a look around
This area is somewhat complicated It looks e ways, in a way thatquite tedious Even if you wanted just to play around, you'd find a lot of li blocked was quite frustrating While you're at a loss, gazing over the overly coing at your side It's a thread Actually, a balloon The kind that kids love, with bright colors and a thread hanging from them
Like any child would, you grasp its thread tightly And just as you do that, your feet lift off the ground lightly
You're co the laws of physics You becoreater heights You're escaping fro away fro taken away
The balloon begins to flicker unsteadily, beco led by the wind around you, but as long as you don't let go, the balloon keeps supporting you It protects you, it gives you strength, covers for you, and in a way, o forward In a sense, it's like friendshi+p
The hesitation fro what to do htly Before you can even notice, the balloon deflates and loses it's air But just as that's happening, a new balloon appears right besides you You grab this new balloon As the years go by, your friends will pass by and change Just like friendshi+p goes away, as the love withers, you part with those balloons But no matter where you put your hand, there will always be a balloon there You are betting everything on that fact
As you keep going higher, the air grows colder Your breath is frozen, pure white Your breathing becos The last balloon in your hand is so small that it has lost all its buoyancy As if you were beco You're so high up that you can't even see the ground anymore If you were to fall, you wouldn't coirl in search for so around you, frantically