Prologue 5
Everything began on this day.
Miners wake up early in the morning. We are woken up at 6am by the bells, and have to gather at the mine entrance to start work by half past 6. I dipped a hardened bread in the same soup as yesterday and stuffed it in my mouth. You can’t really complain about the food because you can’t last the entire day if you don’t eat.
I left the cafeteria with Lark.
If you look up at the ceiling of the cave, you can see the faint blue sky. In this mine, which is cool in the summer and warm in the winter, only the colour of the sky indicates the season.
It was the spring sky today.
「Hey, little brother.」
「What is it?」I answered, while rubbing my sleepy eyes.
「I like your black hair and black eyes.」
「…Where did that come from?」