(SF novel) East of Nakba (244)

 

(Japanese Version)

 

Epilogue (3) Dream of a Butterfly (3/4)

 

The magazine was left open on the lap of a Japanese businessman. He was an ordinary citizen who happened to be on board ME514 flying over Iran. On the magazine, there were three figures of a Palestinian old woman, a little girl and her mother.

 

He tried to remember the dream he had just had. But like most dreams, it faded out from his memory upon awakening. Was it the dream of a butterfly?

 

 

(cont’d)

 

 

Areha Kazuya

(From an ordinary citizen in the cloud)

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