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[f 0 5 65278][f 2 1][f 4 6 26 1 0 1][f 3 1 1 0 0 809]The letters from my husband...!?[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]How...!?[n][f 1 1][e]

[f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]> You told her they were at Daidara.[n][f 1 1][e]

[f 0 5 65278][f 2 1][f 4 6 26 2 0 1][f 3 1 1 0 0 794]Oh my, it must have been when he came to[n]collect the contents of the storehouse...[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]So that's where I kept the letters...[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]...Thank you, [f 4 2]-chan.[n]From the bottom of this old woman's[n]heart. I'm so happy...[n][f 1 1][e]

[f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]> Hisano is very happy...[n][f 1 1][e]

[f 0 5 65278][f 2 1][f 4 6 26 1 0 1]But I'm going to burn them.[n][f 1 1][e]

[f 0 5 65278][f 2 1][f 4 6 26 3 0 1]...I'll go get some matches.[n][f 1 1][e]

[f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]> She's going to burn them...[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]> What should you do...?[n][f 1 1][e]

[f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]Read them[e] [f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]Wait for Hisano[e]

[f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]> You decided to read a little bit...[n][f 1 1][e]

[f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]> ...You decided to wait for Hisano.[n][f 1 1][e]

[f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]> You saw a quote written on a[n]postcard...[n][f 1 1][e]

[f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]"The wooden well frame / I was once shorter[n]than it / I have outgrown it / in the time[n]that we / have been kept apart"[n][f 1 1][e]

[f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]> ......[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]> That's all the postcard says...[n][f 1 1][e]

[f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]> Another postcard has a short[n]composition on it...[n][f 1 1][e]

[f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]"I want to see you so much.[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]"How much sky, earth and water do my[n]words have to run through, on and over[n]to reach you, my dear Hisa-san?[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]"How I wish I was this postcard."[n][f 1 1][e]

[f 0 5 65278][f 2 1][f 4 6 26 3 0 1]...Isn't that just so sad?[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]He had no idea that he was being[n]deceived...[n][f 1 1][e]

[f 0 5 65278][f 2 1][f 4 6 26 1 0 1]I'm sure he never imagined that the[n]"Hisa-san" he loved would some day[n]wish to see him dead...[n][f 1 1][e]

[f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]"What do you mean?"[e] [f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]"You didn't love him?"[e]

[f 0 5 65278][f 2 1][f 4 6 26 3 0 1]......[n][f 1 1][e]

[f 0 5 65278][f 2 1][f 4 6 26 3 0 1]He was a kind, honest, and loyal man.[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]...He fell ill and became bedridden.[n]I had to work to support our family...[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]He would always apologize to me for[n]failing as a husband. When he did, he[n]would smile so sadly...[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]His illness worsened, and he must have[n]been scared. He began to take his fear[n]and frustration out on me.[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]The man who had been so kind...[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]...But that didn't bother me at all. [n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]I had agreed that I would work and take[n]care of him the day we were wed.[n]"In sickness and in health..."[n][f 1 1][e]

[f 0 5 65278][f 2 1][f 4 6 26 1 0 1][f 3 1 1 0 0 829]But he forgot.[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]He forgot who I was, and he forgot[n]all about me.[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]I couldn't bring myself to love him.[n]I couldn't forgive the way he would look[n]at me with such confusion in his eyes...[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]And when I cried, he would wipe my tears[n]away, like the man he had been all those[n]years ago... I couldn't forgive that.[n][f 1 1][e]

[f 0 5 65278][f 2 1][f 4 6 26 1 0 1]I couldn't bear that... that stranger in[n]his body, stealing his mind day after day.[n]When he slept... I tried to kill him.[n][f 1 1][e]

[f 0 5 65278][f 2 1][f 4 6 26 3 0 1]But I couldn't.[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]While I was standing over him, he looked[n]up... and he smiled at me. That same smile[n]he gave me when I was a girl.[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1][f 3 1 1 0 0 830]And in the same voice he would use[n]to tell me he loved me, he asked:[n]"Who are you, Ma'am?"[n][f 1 1][e]

[f 0 5 65278][f 2 1][f 4 6 26 1 0 1]That was three years ago...[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]After that day, he would forget who I[n]was every morning. Every day, he would[n]ask me, "Who are you?"[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]And every day, I would answer:[n]"Who am I today?"[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]I was a total stranger to him, until[n]the very end...[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]He was being cared for by a stranger[n]as he passed away.[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]That was his punishment. Punishment for[n]forgetting me...[n][f 1 1][e]

[f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]"That's a cruel tale."[e] [f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]"That must've been tough."[e] [f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]"......"[e]

[f 0 5 65278][f 2 1][f 4 6 26 3 0 1][f 3 1 1 0 0 831]...I was relieved.[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]Before I could feel anything else...[n]I felt relief. Relief that it was finally[n]over, for both of us.[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]It was then that I realized that I had been[n]wanting him to die.[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]And because I wished it, he left this world[n]and went to the gods.[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]...I am Death itself.[n][f 1 1][e]

[f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]> Hisano smiles sadly...[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]> You feel that you understand Hisano[n]a bit more...[n][f 1 1][e]

[f 0 5 65278][f 2 1][f 4 6 26 3 0 1]Please, throw the letters away.[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]I can't bear to see them anymore.[n]I don't want to touch them anymore.[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1][f 3 1 1 0 0 798]I'm sorry...[n][f 1 1][e]

[f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]> You weren't able to give Hisano back[n]the letters from her husband.[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]> ......[n][f 1 1][e][f 0 5 65278][f 2 1]> Perhaps you should speak with the[n]owner of Daidara...[n][f 1 1][e]