🐾 Dawn of the Dogs ― The Black and White Shadow That Appeared in the Thai Morning ―

朝の光が街をなでる。
セブンの看板がまだ青白く光るころ、
ぼくらはいつものように世界を見張っていた。
風のにおい、バイクの音、流れてくる焼き鳥の匂い。
この町はぼくらのものだった。少なくとも、昨日までは…

The World of Dogs

Under the utility pole, the elder black dog was yawning.
Beyond the fence, the brown older-brother dog was slowly wagging his tail.
A quiet morning—it was a peaceful morning, just like always.

But then, it happened.

A "newcomer" appeared.

"What is that guy...!"

Something bubbled up inside my chest.
My companions barked from within the fence, too. But we couldn't get out.
We could only raise our voices.

But the newcomer didn't back down an inch.
He looked down at us with eyes like he was the master of the world.

In that moment, I saw it.
The black dog—the leader of our pack—lowered his tail and yielded the path.

You've got to be kidding me.

He was always kind and proud.
The air in the town grew taut, like the sky before a storm.

新入りは吠えた。
深く、低く、地面の底から響く声だった。

Even the cats at the food stalls ran away.
I stood frozen, too.
But I couldn't back down.

I couldn't let our street be ruined.

"Stop!"
When I took a step forward, the newcomer stopped and glared at me.
Those eyes were eyes that knew the night.
The eyes of a dog that had walked roads without streetlights.
He wasn't just any stray. He was a dog who had fought.

間合いが、詰まる。
　
お互いの息が交わる距離。

......We couldn't move.

Silence.
In the wind, only our scents collided.

In the end, I backed down.

But his scent remained.

―The battle is not over yet.―

Tomorrow morning will come again.
And what kind of world will we welcome in that morning?

The friends lying at the entrance of the 7-Eleven,
the ones being groomed,
and the eyes looking up asking, "Are you going to give me something?"
Everyone is living in this town.

And I, too,
have decided to be prepared to fight as one of the dogs on this street.

What kind of scent will the wind carry the next morning—
because that is everything in this world.

Thank you for reading this far.
Turmoil is about to unfold in the world of Thai dogs.

A dog cooling off at the convenience store entrance as if to say the air conditioning is always mine.
A dog watching its surroundings in the middle of a crossroad.

What will they do from here on...

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