A meeting on Matsue base

[Bakamono]

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Meanwhile in cell block H...

After listening to the prisoners protestations that she did not know certain information, when the denials exceeded the new information, the Monk placed the bottle back in the base and banged three times on the door '€œI am done here Marine.'€

The door opened, admitting diffuse light from the corridor as the cell light extinguished. Monk walked out between the silhouettes of four men. The door closed again, echoing as it took away the last of the light.

Time became harder to keep track of without some sign of its passing. In isolation, hours stretch impossibly, hours sometimes seems like days. Time becomes an elusive tease.

Eventually a hatch opened in the door, admitting a small pool of light. A small tray was placed near the hatch, the aromas of food carried through on the cooler air. Again the monks voice sounded '€œWhere is Kyoto base? Where is Teraku Oshiro? How many wings does Oshiro command? What was his target preference?...'€ the questions went on and on, when Yuki answered satisfactorily the tray was pushed into the cell and the hatch slammed close once more.