[...] Shimamoto had her own little world within her. A world that was for her alone, one I could not enter.

“في منتصف أبريل بلغَت "ناوكو" العشرين. كانت أكبر مني بسبعة شهور، لأنني ولدت في نو…”

“I love music, but I can't sing a note.”

“I don't know, it's stupid being 20," she said. "I'm just not ready. It feels we…”

“She's letting out her feelings. The scary thing is not being able to do that. W…”