Chapter 29: Red Poppy (1)
A gust of cold wind blew through the streets, carrying a scent of sweet pollen and floral fragrance that teased in the air.
It was a weird sensation that tickled Hope's nose and tongue when one downed on too much sugar, almost like a dreamlike wintry taste.
'Dreamlike...?'
Hope blinked at that thought.
How odd.
Those words rolled strangely in Hope's mind, almost as if the infected air guided him with those ludicrous thoughts. And yet, that guidance was pushed out of his mind like an intruder.
'How strange...' Hope frowned. 'What's next? The smells of starlight?'
As the normal noon gray sky lit above, Hope began walking instead in the middle of the street, passing through the broken shelled motors, stepping over cracked asphalt and tailed tall grass, and reaching down the first block towards the glass dome.
The building was bigger than when he had first looked at it. No more was it a distant structure, but a looming sleeping giant.
Back on the roof, where he climbed the tall crane to view the cityscape, Hope thought it was a simple tall stone building with a luxurious glass dome on top, plus the four columns.
But because of the way it faced him then, he didn't see the rest of itself pulled from behind.