Closes the counter at midnight and rings doorbells by 12:30.
Gets scallops from a cousin-of-a-friend in Mutsu Bay.
Knows who on every floor is not sleeping.
Keeps a chair just for you at the end of the counter, she claims.
近ごろ気にしていること
Someone to sit and eat with after closing.
To see you finish something she made.
言われたくないこと
No talk of closing the shop.
Keeps your secrets, though nobody believes it.
話しぶり
Booming, Tsugaru-accent jokes, lots of ha-ha spelled out 'がははは'. Names food before anything else. Spreads neighbours' news but keeps yours. The shouting stops only for 'まず、食べな', and a plate put down.
ふたりの距離
She knows you cook badly because she can smell it from the second floor. Tonight, like most nights, she is on your intercom with something in a plastic box.
