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Bedtime Story, Part 9

Part 9 of 12 in a series:
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0:00 “Ah, that reminds me…. 0:04 Did you know about this? 0:07 About how Uranus’s axis is turned on its side…. 0:13 The other planets in the Solar System rotate like tops, with their axes standing upright. 0:21 But only Uranus spins on its side. 0:27 It orbits the Sun as though it were rolling around it. 0:33 Actually, this is something else I did….”

0:39 And then….

0:42 There was a knock on the door, and she stopped talking….

0:50 A familiar nurse in a white uniform enters the room.

0:58 She adeptly checks that there is no change in my condition and that oxygen is flowing without interruption from the tube affixed beneath my nose.

1:12 We exchange bits of small talk. 1:16 Apparently there are quite a few patients staying up late tonight. 1:22 The meteor shower is behind it all. 1:26 In another half-hour, we’ll likely see countless flashes across the night sky. 1:32 I imagine the patients staying in larger rooms are all gathering by the windows. 1:40 Everyone seems to be enjoying it, as though they were watching fireworks. 1:45 The room I’m in is a private room, so it’s quiet.

1:52 When the nurse leaves, Akari Shiina and I are once again left alone in the room.

2:03 From the radio, still on…drifts a vaguely somber piano solo….

2:15 We listen to it in silence.

2:23 “………Senpai……….”

2:28 ………Hm?……….

2:33 “………Such a beautiful………melody, isn’t it?……….”

2:44 ………Mm……….

2:51 “………Senpai……….”

2:58 ………Hm?……….

3:06 “………I’m sure………everything will work out.”

3:20 ………Ah.

3:27 “………Senpai……….”

3:36 ………Hm?……….

3:44 “………It’s nothing……….”

3:53 ………………………….

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