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Tale #22

Yokosuka Cruise

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Alpha

While I stroked the body of the camera I hardly ever use...
Before I knew it, it was afternoon.
......

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Alpha

I just remembered!
My owner took me there once, just before leaving.
How could I have forgotten!
(OJISAN!)

Ojisan

(HUNH?)

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Alpha

Yoo-hoo!

Ojisan

'lo.
Mm? Where you goin'?

Alpha

A moment of Zen!

Ojisan

Oh. One of those.

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Alpha

We went this way that day, if I remember it right, towards the Northern
town...
It's a faded memory now, with only a few images left, but...
I wonder if it's as bright as I remember it...

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Alpha

Here it is! Just as I thought.
It feels a little different but...
This is it.
Mmm......

Sensei

Alpha-san?

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Alpha

Sensei!

Sensei

Thought that was you.
Hmm....You come out here often?

Alpha

Ah, no, this is only my second time.
Why are you up here?

Sensei

I was at the Northern Town; a few errands.

Alpha

You come here often?

Sensei

Every now and then.

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Alpha

As the sun sets...
I can't stop myself from feeling excited...
An odd anticipation in my chest...

Sensei

Something wrong?

Alpha

Eh heh heh...
Just a little tense for some reason.

Sensei

Ah...
I know the feeling.

Alpha

Soon after the evening began to turn that shade of deep blue which makes
people think about heading home,
It began, gradually.

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Alpha

I-It's so...

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Sensei

Yes.
A lot of the old street lights are still there.
The last time you were here, you probably...
Saw the night lit up like this.

Alpha

Where there had been only trees, or streetlights poking above the see,
there was light.
The streetlights shone without any practical reason.

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Alpha

Now the lights shone for nothing but the sake of shining.

Sensei

Not many people have seen these...
But these flowers are nice, aren't they?

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Alpha

These northern lights are all that is left the old people...

Tale#22: Closing