Veil — Vol. 2 - Chapter 25

No one can enter

[Aleksander]: You seem to be fond of alcohol.

[Aleksander]: What would I get out of it, anyway?

[Aleksander]: I was talking about the way you drink it.

[Emma]: It's excellent. Do you want some?

[Aleksander]: No thank you.

[Emma]: A hangover, perhaps?

[Aleksander]: Bla aargh!

[Aleksander]: Just a bit...

[Emma]: Hmph.

[Aleksander]: Do I ask you to try smoking?

[Emma]: When I was little! Uhfu...

[Emma]: When I want to do something bad, I can do just about anything!

[Aleksander]: You were a real nasty little girl then...

[Emma]: C'mon, here.

[Emma]: Drink those worries away.

[Aleksander]: No, I can't...

[Aleksander]: It feels like I just got kicked in the throat...

[Emma]: Ah...

[Emma]: Did you really drink it?

[Emma]: Well, I....

[Emma]: I used to smoke, as it just We so happens. A long, long time ago.

[Aleksander]: No...?

[Aleksander]: Really? When?

[Emma]: Oh, stop it... I'm an adult now.

[Aleksander]: Want me to teach you how to smoke?

[Emma]: No need.

[Aleksander]: What's your style of smoking? Show me. Let's start with lighting it.

[Aleksander]: Pull your hair back...

[Emma]: Where's the ashtray?

[Emma]: It suits her so well...

[Emma]: We've exchanged lovers...

[Emma]: You and me...

[Emma]: We've just exchanged lovers... Our mouths' lovers.

[Emma]: Oh, yeah, mouth...

[Aleksander]: I want to keep seeing you smoke...

[Emma]: Pardon?

[Aleksander]: I'm fol... fallih...

[Aleksander]: But I'm falling asleep...

[Aleksander]: Mhm...

[Emma]: You're tired?

[Aleksander]: Hm...

[Aleksander]: Please go to bed if you want to sleep.

[Emma]: It's cold.

[Emma]: Ouch...

[Emma]: It's bitter...

[Emma]: I re- member a now...

[Emma]: The taste of a cigarette...

[Aleksander]: Huh?

[Aleksander]: What did you just say?

[Aleksander]: I told you to go to bed...

[Emma]: I like being with you.

[Aleksander]: Mgh... Me too...

[Emma]: Good- night...

Veil 2; Calming noir - END

Her, and him. In the beginning they had no names. They were "two colleagues with black uniforms. They're together, the woman's eyes are closed..." and nothing more. From time to time, I posted an illustration, either peaceful or dynamic, on Twitter. People there told me they called them "Him" and "Her". And it stuck. This album gave me the opportunity to reveal their names and age. I often get asked what the nature of their relationship is... The woman can not know the world with her eyes; her world is made up of tactile sensations, hearing, and taste. Because of that, her sense of distance and intim probably different from others. For him, he needs to look constantly at the purity of his attitude, his shamelessness, his lack of restraint... All of this makes it so the temperature of their r doesn't really fit in the category of friendship, or love. To be precise, it's like an extre veil was raised between the two, so fine that they can't see it, but it tickles them.

I hope you enjoyed listening to their strange conversations and following I started drawing them in September 2017. For the November 2018 Comiket, I released "Veil" as a doujinshi. To me, the publication of their story in two simultaneous splendid volum (and in a set for the limited edition!) was a dream come true. I want to thank my editor, Mr. Morikawa, who put his trust in me, as w in the Kohei Nawata Design Office for this beautiful book that went bey

Afterword Kotteri - 2019