Memory - Day two of The Country With the School — Assignment
Description: A slightly younger Kino and Hermes are heading back after Kino's first day of school in a dilapidated building. Hermes asks Kino what they learned and Kino responds with "how to make stuff!" When Hermes asks what kind of stuff, not mentioned in the excerpt: Kino describes handmade bags of various types constructed to conceal bombs, as well as the explosives that would be placed in them. Hermes says it sounds pretty fun, which Kino agrees with, though they do note that the others in class were quiet and brooding types and Kino felt left out. But that might have just been because Kino was nervous. They describe the teacher as pretty, young, and great at explaining things clearly.
The two then chat about various things: how school was more fun than Kino expected, Hermes dealing with an annoying dog he tried to shoo away with a yell at a frequency humans couldn't hear, Hermes refusing to explain motorrad lifespans to Kino, and how Kino's Teacher said that Kino's Master teaches everything she knows, but if she doesn't already know it, she'll go out and learn it and then teach it to anyone else willing to learn. Hermes asks if the lessons from this school will be useful, and Kino recalls that learning how to read didn't seem interesting, but now that they know several alphabets they can read all kinds of interesting books, so maybe this will come in handy too.
Once they reach a log cabin in the woods, they are greeted by an old woman, Master, who tells Kino to try shooting the scarecrows in the vegetable fields. Kino enthusiastically agrees and rides Hermes along the path, shooting each of the scarecrows in a fatal location while atop the moving motorrad, performing a quick turn, and shooting four a second time around using up the last of their ammunition. Master comments that Kino has done well and asks about how their day at school was as they go inside for dinner.
Note: the original Japanese does not particularly gender Kino, and by default most people tend to assume Kino is male upon sight, so assume cases of "Miss" etc. are just some polite referral to Kino (one official translation uses Mx.) unless otherwise noted.
Day 363 - cw: discussion of suicide bombing
Description: A slightly younger Kino and Hermes are heading back after Kino's first day of school in a dilapidated building. Hermes asks Kino what they learned and Kino responds with "how to make stuff!" When Hermes asks what kind of stuff, not mentioned in the excerpt: Kino describes handmade bags of various types constructed to conceal bombs, as well as the explosives that would be placed in them. Hermes says it sounds pretty fun, which Kino agrees with, though they do note that the others in class were quiet and brooding types and Kino felt left out. But that might have just been because Kino was nervous. They describe the teacher as pretty, young, and great at explaining things clearly.
The two then chat about various things: how school was more fun than Kino expected, Hermes dealing with an annoying dog he tried to shoo away with a yell at a frequency humans couldn't hear, Hermes refusing to explain motorrad lifespans to Kino, and how Kino's Teacher said that Kino's Master teaches everything she knows, but if she doesn't already know it, she'll go out and learn it and then teach it to anyone else willing to learn. Hermes asks if the lessons from this school will be useful, and Kino recalls that learning how to read didn't seem interesting, but now that they know several alphabets they can read all kinds of interesting books, so maybe this will come in handy too.
Once they reach a log cabin in the woods, they are greeted by an old woman, Master, who tells Kino to try shooting the scarecrows in the vegetable fields. Kino enthusiastically agrees and rides Hermes along the path, shooting each of the scarecrows in a fatal location while atop the moving motorrad, performing a quick turn, and shooting four a second time around using up the last of their ammunition. Master comments that Kino has done well and asks about how their day at school was as they go inside for dinner.
Note: the original Japanese does not particularly gender Kino, and by default most people tend to assume Kino is male upon sight, so assume cases of "Miss" etc. are just some polite referral to Kino (one official translation uses Mx.) unless otherwise noted.