Shigeo walked down the street of his neighborhood, backpack thrown onto his back. He was on his way back from school, after a long day of understanding none of the math, failing at P.E., and being positively encouraged but still failing in the Body Improvement club. So mostly failing, really.

Shigeo felt neutral about it. It was like any other day, really. He scrolled through his flip-phone as he shuffled down the sidewalk, his untied sneakers squeaking on the wet puddles of the concrete gathered by the previous day's rain. Hopefully it doesn't rain when I got into work...