EP 2
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Her hair tied in a bow, she wore practical flat leather shoes and a dark business suit of a type popular among graduating university students who are job hunting.
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While she had lost some weight since her parents' detention, she was still chubby, and her face was covered in red blotches due to an ailment called Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
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a condition that she shared with her mother and which, as we will see, was crucial to the tragic story of the Hara family.
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Michiru read out the court oath, promising to obey her conscience, to tell the truth, and not to lie or embellish her testimony.
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Her parents were represented by separate lawyers, who sat together across from two prosecutors.
Her father's lawyer began the questioning.
Satoru's lawyer
You are living alone now?
Michiru Hara
Yes! My relatives visit me and help me out sometimes, but I am mostly alone every day.
Michiru Hara
I go to my job from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m, and after that I study for the university entrance exam.
Satoru's lawyer
Did you ever live alone before the incident?
Satoru's lawyer
What do you do for food?
Michiru Hara
I eat food from the supermarket.
Michiru Hara
Apart from cooking classes in school, I don't have any experience of cooking.
Satoru's lawyer
You lost weight??.
Michiru Hara
Yes, I don't know how much because I don't have a scale....but I think I lost about 10 kilos!
Satoru's lawyer
Your clothes got loose on you?
Satoru's lawyer
What about your laundry, how do you do it?...
Michiru Hara
erhh... I hand-wash it.
Satoru's lawyer
Why don't you use a washing machine?
Michiru Hara
I have one!... but I don't use it. I'm not confident in operating it, and I don't want to waste money on electricity and water....?
Satoru's lawyer
your life seems to be lonely and hard!
Satoru's lawyer
but you're lucky to be alive
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