Red Sky Morning
Cast:
Kintoleski, Sugimoto Kaneda - age 34
Sugimoto Hino - Kintoleski's daughter - age 6
Sugimoto Kasumi - Kintoleski's daughter - age 5
Mimino Sunao - Milky Rose's husband - age 28
September, 2016
The sun rises in the East against an orange-red sky. This is no magical world. The sky will be blue by mid-day, if it does not turn grey. The two men who are jogging along the beach are not concerned with the coming day's weather. Instead, they are watching over the two little girls who are running ahead of them.
"Just like being a husband, but with more baby. That was what you said after Hino was born."
Kintoleski nods. "I had that experience with both of my girls, yes. Is it different for you, with your boy?"
"I used to think that all babies were alike. Even now, I wonder whether I was right. It could be that my Naoya only seems different to me, because that baby is mine."
"All humans are alike, differences aside. That Naoya is special to you is what makes him special. For now, at least."
"Only for now?"
"Is he not your son? Will you not train him to have beautiful muscles?"
"But of course!"
Both men laugh. It is a serious matter, but by now it has become a running joke.
"Eek! Papa, help!" Hino shrieks as she runs toward the two men. A short distance behind her, Kasumi is chasing her with a strand of kelp, which she is snapping back and forth like a whip.
"Kasumi, put that down! Stop picking on your sister!"
"We're just playing!" This is obviously a lie.
"Drop it this instant, or I'll take away your paints!"
The threat works. She complies.