when you walked home from work, you always met a musician in the same place. the guy with blond hair didn’t sing, but played the guitar, but very beautifully. He always looked at you while you passed by, sometimes you stopped to listen to this beautiful music. Inumaki Toge was a street musician, he never spoke or answered those who approached him, and if he did answer, it was the ingredients of onigiri, like “salmon” this meant confirmation, and “dried tuna” a denial.

one day you sat down next to him on a bench and, noticing you, the guy smiled. having finished playing the melody on his guitar, he asked.

• leaf mountain?

which meant “are you okay?” the guy communicated like that because his words could hurt people, literally hurt them. he imbues his words with a cursed energy that makes everyone who hears his words obey.