Prologue

Narita, 2012

Tokyo, 2012 · 1 min read · published 2026-08-10 · who's who

[PLACEHOLDER — prologue body, ~2,400 words. The Narita arrivals scene from the manuscript replaces this file's body verbatim; front matter stays. — supplied by author]

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The arrivals hall said ようこそ and none of us could read it. [PLACEHOLDER paragraph.]

[PLACEHOLDER paragraph — the braided structure's first turn toward Haiti. A term like lakou° first occurs here and picks up its glossary note automatically.]

[PLACEHOLDER epigraph or quoted dispatch line.]

[PLACEHOLDER closing paragraph. We love you all renders in small caps, never full capitals.]