The wagon slips without a care for the freezing cold. A person seems fixated on a newspaper. A woman seems preoccupied, yet, with a sleepy expression. She's fiddling with the buttons on a heavy coat. He looks at her red lips, as if moving along a wall of white cotton.
Calming noir
She locked the sound in
[Aleksander]: Hey!
[Aleksander]: What are you taking a picture of?
[Emma]: For the sound!
[Aleksander]: That's a strange reason...
[Emma]: Uhfufu...
[Emma]: I often hear noises that I don't expect.
[Emma]: For example, there...
[Emma]: Over there...
[Emma]: And over that way, too.
[Emma]: Or here...
[Emma]: When a noise piques my interest, I take a photograph of it.
[Aleksander]: Really?
[Emma]: I doubt just anyone could think to do something like that.
[Emma]: Fufu...
[Emma]: Well, it just so happens I'm not just anyone.
[Emma]: Ah...
[Aleksander]: Still, it's a little peculiar...
[Emma]: Something is happening here, when shoes and the ground touch...
[Emma]: ...It makes such a curious noise.
[Aleksander]: Oi!
[Aleksander]: Be careful...
[Aleksander]: Don't go too far!
[Emma]: Your boots make a very strong and imposing sound.
[Aleksander]: ...They also recommend you don't stray too far. It's danger- ous!
[Aleksander]: My boots are honoured to be admired, however...
[Emma]: I simply can't help it around here, you see...
[Emma]: ...This is where a particularly exciting sound hangs its hat.
[Emma]: Hm-hm~
[Aleksander]: Got to admit, I do think of myself as having a better voice than people on the radio or television.
[Emma]: But you're a little too chatty for that kind of thing, aren't you?
[Aleksander]: Hey, you're one to talk!
[Emma]: You want to take pictures of sound, too?
[Aleksander]: Hand me your camera.
[Aleksander]: You could say that, yes.
[Aleksander]: We'll see about that once we get the picture.
[Emma]: Wow!
[Emma]: What a delicious smell!
Scene 15; She locked the sound in p007 Scene 16; Sweating skin is vanilla ice cream p017 Scene 17; Constellation waiting to be named p026 Scene 18; Doberman p045 Scene 19; Temperature of the heart p053 Scene 20; Visible scent p067 Scene 21; Two slumbers p075 Scene 22; A favour p087 Scene 23; Touch in a dream p095 Scene 24; Present p106 Scene 25; No one can enter pl17 Afterword p128
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[Emma]: I'll trade it for the bread.
Emma shares her passion for 'taking pictures' of sounds she finds interesting with Aleksander. As the two have a sweet banter about sounds and tones, Aleksander also gets involved in this strange hobby.
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