The young man was out at the Star Festival. He had missed it in prior years and he couldn’t believe he had done so. It was fantastic! If anything in all of Destiny City reminded him of his time in Japan, it would be this.
There were stalls and trinkets and lights and lanterns. The air was thick and humid like the rain had finally passed and the sunset gleaned on the pavement and on the buildings. Scents of new and old flavors wafted from every corner.
And then, there was the Wishing Tree! It was so like that of the trees he had seen during Tanabata with their fragile yet beautiful paper wishes tied to the branches.
But, for a second, he thought he felt a strange breeze, air though the summer air held none.
He bumped into a girl as he turned to try and catch it, futilely.
“Sorry! I wasn’t paying attention to where I was going.”
Then the breeze was gone.
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