Chapter Twelve
When Kenji opened his eyes, he saw daylight. The light and heat were intense, as if the sun’s rays poured directly through the window. Blinking until his good eye adjusted, he focused. Blue sky in a patch above a darker strip of blue that moved like…waves. The ocean. Such as he remembered when he was small, playing on the sand with Mina. Was he back in Japan?
Yes, he was, judging by the half-timbered interior of the room in which he found himself. Yellow curtains framed the picture of the outside. Inside, he saw walls, whitewashed, divided in sections by heavy dark wood beams.
Slowly he became aware of his other surroundings. A soft bed underneath him. The ceiling, also whitewashed and lined with dark beams. A steady beeping sounded close to his head. He glanced up and
