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- Get out of here... - The man without any ceremony, when everyone who was there turned around with a few friendly faces.

None of them looked any different, the place looked to all appearances like a fog and bits of what would have been charcoal and something burnt falling like snow from the sky.

Asking for his teacher was the reason for a fight and expulsion from the bar.

He passed, two more bars and a small souvenir shop, where in a barber shop.

They shooed them out of that bar, so walking around there, where he went past some isolated houses, where he thought it was going to be a dreadful day, anyway, he needs to buy some groceries, food, or groceries, who knows he might talk to someone who could be more open with him...

That city at the end of the world, where you could see snow and buildings in poor condition.

This was very strange, when the fact that they looked at him, when he passed by them, the mothers took their children, taking them inside their houses, when he passed, people seemed not to want contact, they avoided talking to him.

Finding that all the townsfolk ostracized them, at least the men until they were forty, which wouldn't be difficult, whereupon he walked into a warehouse, what would have been a grocery store.

There was a lady working there, around several tables, where there was a towel covering some tables, around several ladies sitting drinking tea around what were more than a little over ten tables, with ladies crocheting and drinking tea, they were sociable.

- Ladies. – He compliments, none of the ladies were under fifty, or just over sixty, not incredibly old, had the appearance of a good person, that's what he leaned on to get in, there and try talk to her.

A television that was in a closet showing news, the radio in another place with a lady with a hearing aid listening to what he said.

- Young man, good morning. "They said scattered...

- What will you want? - She questioned him.

When he started to grab a nearby basket, go inside while looking at the cabinets and gondolas.

Then he looked at her. - I would like a cup of coffee, some pastries, and a good afternoon coffee..., please... - He said.

- Table fed up then. - She said.

At that time, he yelled towards the kitchen entrance.

- Big coffee, Miranda. – Then she continued to clean the counter, entering the kitchen, and leaving towards the table in front of her tidying, placing dishes and towels, then started talking.

- You're from a long way away, aren't you? – She was a gray-haired lady, but thin, with black hair on one side of her head, with violet eyes.

The ladies approached him, one by one, starting to rise and standing around when the Miranda woman rose twice, to bring more pitchers of tea, bread, and biscuits, with butter all around.

It was also a small restaurant that didn't have anyone else there but two children eating in the back, a dog lying far from the door.

- I passed by here, more than twenty years ago. Tsuki said.

- What is your name? - She questioned him.

- Tsuki. - He said. - And yours? – He questioned her.

- It's not western. - One of them said.

- Younger than my grandson. - Another said.

- Gena. - She said, looking in his direction and finishing preparing the table.

- Let's sit down, it will take a while. - She said.

Sitting across from each other.

- What happened to the city? - He asked.

Which was due to the situation.

- You know, the city went through a fire and a great tragedy, more than 12 years ago, it was the beginning of an incident that occurred during a tourist event, in which a coal factory was set on fire along with a bus that killed many people. tourists there are several people. - She said.

- Everyone should be wary of political promises. - One of them said.

- When the nearby forests became nothing more than a cemetery of crooked trees and the mines are nothing more than collapsed with an explosion, which the firefighters could not do anything to prevent, but that's not what they thought.

- Due to everyone's trust in Williams and Emily, they believed that they were the saviors of the city, that everything could be good, that they would always save them, as long as they were here.

- Obviously, that's not what happened...

- I believe that they are too old, the son, failed to do what the parents trained them. - She said.

- But the population of the city, did not think about it. – Tsuki deduced.

- Yes, they weren't very friendly about it, nor could they forgive... - She said.

The food arrived another lady brought two trays one after the other putting the food on the table, she had thick glasses, over 60, apparently with an apron, besides being a little overweight, a little potbellied, she was pale with white hair and a frilly blue dress, plus a cap hiding part of her hair.

- So, what are we talking about? – She questioned, when picking up some sweets they went to eat, Tsuki was served, when the woman put the coffee pot on the table, with a kettle, and a mug of milk, a glass of sugar, bread, butter, some fruits.

- About the incident 12 years ago. - She said.

- It was a disgrace, several people died. - She said. – One of my friends lost her grandchildren. - She said.

- We never get together again to gossip about anyone. - She said.

So, in addition to relying on loose tongues, Tsuki realized that they were part of a group of gossip comrades, it would be easy to get information out of them, as it is now...

So how did it all start...

In those past years, in which long after he left, long after he left this town, over 12 years ago, in which after he heard, then, he would go out to look for a teacher in those distant forests.

According to the ladies, as far as he could see, the mayor, according to the ladies' reports, he was the son of the previous mayor.

- What did he promise to stop being elected? – Tsuki questioned.

- Not much, you know what they promised, that the city wouldn't disappear, that it would bring tourism, jobs, that people wouldn't have to leave... - The woman said.

– He was a small fish in a small town, if he lost more townspeople, he would lose his income, he would have to leave to get a normal job. – The lady said.

He left there..., walking through the city, accompanied by some ladies, when the red twilight in the middle of the snow fell over the city.