Soil 15

Soil, Volume 2, Chapter 15 (pp. 193~216)


<193>
=Uhh, so today...
=We're gonna be straightenin' out your teeth, huh.

=It's gonna take some time,
=But your mom said to make 'em look real nice.

=We got a long road ahead of us. Let's stick it through together, Kento.

[bubble]*shudder shudder shudder*


<194>
=What's wrong, Kento? You're in 4th grade, but you're still scared of the dentist?
=I-I'm not scared!

=Okay, goodbye Doctor.
=Right, thanks.

=Hey, Kento.
=We can use this thing if you're afraid o' shots.

=...What's that...?

=It's called laughin' gas.
=It's an anesthetic that doesn't hurt.


<195>
=Really!? Then I wanna do that!
=Oh, so you are afraid of shots, huh.

=SHH—

=SHH—
=Breathe in deeply...

=You can go to sleep if you want.
=SHH—

=It'll all be over when you wake up...


<196>
[x2]=SS—T

[x2]=SS—T


<197>
=Let's see...

"Secret"


<198>
[x?]=HUFF

=CLICK

=C-C-C-CLICK


<199>
=You don't know
=Why you hurt yourself?

=Look, Kento...
=I can't help you unless you tell me something.

=You decided to come to counseling on your own, didn't you?
=You can start with anything you want.


<200>
=...I'm tainted...
=So... I have to punish myself...

=Why would you do such a thing...?

=Is there anything that you can think of? Like...
=Something that happened when you were little...?

=No... Nothing...
=I've tried... But I can't think of anything...

=But for some reason...
=I just know I have to do it...


<203>
=SHUDDER SHUDDER

=I called the fire station for ya.
=SHUDDER SHUDDER

=Why'd go and do somethin' like that...?
=Hmm?

=The cats...
=I wanted to burn them...

=Cats?

='Cause... They're always so cute, but...
=This time of year... They start meowing at each other... And start doing dirty things...

=And then the fire... Spread everywhere, and...!


<204>
=I... Didn't know... Miss Sayuri was there...!
=I thought she wasn't there, and...!

=What should I do... Miss Sayuri might be dead...!
=I killed her...!

=It's my fault...!
=It's all because I'm tainted...!

=...Kento...

=There's somethin' I wanna show ya...


<205>
=What...
=Is that...?

=Me...?


<206>
=Hey Kento,
=You know what we were doin'?

=It's somethin' re—ally bad.

=Somethin' terrible and dirty...
=Somethin' very very sinful.

=I won't tell nobody.
=So let's make this our own little secret.

=Let's be friends.


<207>
=We can't run,
=From our sins anymore.

=Oh Kento, you were home?
=Thanks for stopping by the grocery.
=The chicken was on sale.

=Can you wait a little longer for dinner?//I want to get this last bit of work done.


<208>
=Sure.
=Don't worry about me.

=Kento.

=Are you doing alright?

=Yeah...

=You can tell me if there's something you're worried about.
=It's just the two of us in this family.

=...Yeah.
=I'm fine...


<209>
=Can't go in there.
=UCK

=...I'm sorry,
=Council president...

=Don't be sorry. We're friends, remember?
=I'll make you some tea downstairs, a'ight?


<210>
[x3]=PLICK

=Heard Miss Sayuri got out alive.
=Good thing, huh?
[x2]=PLICK

=Yeah...

=You gotta stop doing this to yourself.
=I feel bad for your beautiful body.

=But... I just can't stop doing it by myself...
=So I punish myself each time...

=Yeah.
=Can't stop even when you know it's sinful.


<211>
=Nah...
=You can't stop 'cause you know it's sinful...

=You see, Kento...
=I can't keep myself from doing this...

=This terrible sin...
=I can't live without it...

=Uck...!

=...I know...
=I've known this whole time...


<212>
=My happiness...
=Can never be mixed into this world of ours...

=I'm...
=A foreign organism...!

=That's why...
=I wanna protect this town...

=Protect that modest happiness...
=I can never get...


<213>
=This is my utopia...
=My purity and innocence...
=My destined home...
=My...


<214>
=Kento,
=Here.

=Huh...?

=Sign of our friendship.
=I want you to keep this.

=I wanna be real friends with you, Kento.
=Real friends on equal terms.

=I ain't gonna say nothin' 'bout the fire.
=So you keep this and don't show it to anyone.


<215>
[label]Kento age. 9
=Now we're partners sharin' the same secret.


<216>
[box]4th Grade Class B Kento Miyahara