Dead Hours — Next Pass, Page 4
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Transcript
In the rain outside a brightly lit shop, an elderly woman sweeps leaves into small piles with a wide broom while a two-wheeled cart stands nearby. Elderly woman: “Don’t fight the wind. Let it carry it for you.” A close view shows her hand gripping the cart handle. Elderly woman: “Small piles. Then the cart.” Kaito sweeps leaves on the wet pavement with a broom. In a close-up, he looks surprised. Kaito: “…Oh.”
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An elderly woman and Kaito sweep wet, leaf-strewn pavement outside a brightly lit shop in the rain, and Kaito looks startled as he tries her sweeping method.
About this chapter
The night after the three of them swept together, Kiku is late and Kaito heads out alone, wearing himself out fighting the wind for the whole block. When Kiku arrives she teaches him to sweep with the wind and settle for a path that is clear enough to walk, Rin brings tea outside, and Kaito gives the footpath its own column in the round-book.