1 Prologue

─ ─ I heard a voice full of hate.

─ A sound which would not leave my ears.

─ ─ Words imbued with hatred followed me.

─ ─ It was frightening, so frightening and I could not bear it.

─ ─ I was being crushed by the pressure of this noise which did not obscure its malice.

─ It gripped onto my soul and would not let go.

── The more you depend on your life, the more certain it becomes that you will hurt someone else.

─ ─ It was because, first and foremost, I was apologetic and I felt sorry that we were sinking still into the depths.