The pretty blue sky was blue, the clouds were white, her soul was black. Shu looked at the beautiful sky, watched them moving slowly like what she'd seen in cartoons. It made a big difference to her interior.
Thus, the unusual behaviour of Leslie was missed.
She made sounds of musing, "......Almost a year alre-a-dy? How about you?" It meant it would soon be her birthday, a day'd be celebrated but now shouldn't. "It looked so beautiful, not veiled by a layer of gloominess and we can see stars sparkling at nights." Air pollution was a global issue for cities.