[ That, too, is surprising. It has been weeks like this and he did not think anything odd about it. No solar eclipse lasts that long, so why did he assume that was what it was? A good question, but one he doesn't ask. Kei decides that small steps into this new awareness is best rather than stumbling forward in a panic to know everything right now. ]
That's right. I had been in my shop -- [ He makes a gesture to the ramen shop that he just left. The door is still open and it seems like some of the people inside did not even find his sudden leaving odd enough to stop eating. ] -- and the darkness outside looked unnatural to me. It was a sudden thought. "That's unnatural." Coming outside, I realize just how unnatural that it is.
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[ That, too, is surprising. It has been weeks like this and he did not think anything odd about it. No solar eclipse lasts that long, so why did he assume that was what it was? A good question, but one he doesn't ask. Kei decides that small steps into this new awareness is best rather than stumbling forward in a panic to know everything right now. ]
That's right. I had been in my shop -- [ He makes a gesture to the ramen shop that he just left. The door is still open and it seems like some of the people inside did not even find his sudden leaving odd enough to stop eating. ] -- and the darkness outside looked unnatural to me. It was a sudden thought. "That's unnatural." Coming outside, I realize just how unnatural that it is.
[ A slight pause. ]
But it seems like some of my patrons do not.