Shivering despite the warmth

The water hitting my hands as I wash the rice is cold

Ah... it's gotten cold. Winter is near.

My son, having returned home, says to my hunched back

"There's a bear in this kitchen."

How rude of you.
Is that all you have to say instead of 'I'm home'?

I bought this boa fleece to prepare for winter.

Calling your own mother a bear, really?

"Ah, not a bear, a regular person. There's a regular person here."

That's right.

I have lived my life honestly.

No matter how difficult things were,
I have lived my life
without ever going against the sun.

Earnestly, properly

...

That's not it.

You meant to compare me wearing a boa fleece
to a professional wearing fur, didn't you?

What is it, I wonder.
I'm already starting to shiver.

Even past thirty,
you're still like that, aren't you?

It's that kind of thing.


Your language center? Synaptic signals?
What kind of mechanism is it, I wonder?

Something like that.

In terms of musical scales, it's like a semitone off—so close, yet so far.

Those who make their living deep in the mountains of Tohoku

Even if you're a civilian,
That's not something a civilian would say.

Huh? What?
What color do you call this?

Oh, it's not fur. It's boa fleece.

...It's the color of something
that's been soaked in broth...

You're a creator too, aren't you?
What kind of description is that?

This is definitely brand new.
I just bought it and I was so excited.

Don't you dare say it looks 'yellowed'.

I thought it would go well with jeans,
so I chose this one.

Well... I actually intended
to wear it like this, though...

But, life rarely goes
according to plan anyway.

And that's how wearing fleece goes too.

...

No, no, it's not about the color.
It's your slip of the tongue.

The reason I haven't stopped shaking
isn't because I'm cold.

This boa fleece is incredibly warm, you see.

This shaking
is your fault for not noticing your own slip of the tongue.

Oh, you don't get it, do you?
Ugh, fine, whatever.

You go take a bath first.
The rice will be done soon.

I let my son's slip of the tongue slide again today.
Thanks to that, it got even warmer.