The shallow wind blew on her face, penetrating the coolness of the morning into people's hearts, and she opened her eyes, those silent eyes. She didn't fall asleep, and she didn't rest last night.

She seemed to be still immersed in the starry sky that night, immersed in the feeling of embracing the world.

That kind of unreserved tolerance embraces everything about her, including the sins in her.

The world selflessly embraced her as if it were its own child.

Maybe the world treats everyone like this, as if it has never cared about you, but it will always tolerate you and be willing to accept all that you have. Whether you are good or bad, you are being accommodated and never banished.

When you are in the universe, you are in its embrace.

It embraces you when you think you are alone and weeps, it embraces you when you think you are alone, it is there when you are in pain, when you are happy, when you are at a loss, when you are lonely, it is there, and it never leaves you. Because you have never left this universe.

The greatest mother who conceives life is always there.

Perhaps, this is the greatest consolation for the lonely, who have never been truly lonely.

They clasp their hands and there is nothing in their hands, but when they let go of their hands, they hold everything.

Maybe B3068 firmly believes in this, so it's always looking forward to it.

Turning his head to look at B3068, it was still dormant, it hibernate every night to save energy, and during the day it would open its energy panel to receive sunlight.

Hatsu slowly approached B3068 and brought his face in front of it.

She looked at the old, lonely robot, and at first felt that they were similar, but completely different.

When she was lonely, she chose to be numb, not to look, not to listen, not to ask, not to think, she exiled herself.

But B3068 has always opened its arms to the world, even if time has eroded it, even if it has never been responded.

You know, at this time, Chu had an idea, and this time, she felt more like a redeemed person.

She woke up, and she became aware of it as she went on mission after mission.

When Hillman taught her to smile, when glory gave her faith, when the swallows of spring returned her favor, when Sakura lay on her back, when the girl told her that we were family, when B3068 pointed to the stars for her.

She felt it, little by little she was waking up and looking at the world again.

What do you see?

She didn't know yet, her eyes were still blurry, but what she did know was that she was opening her eyes, and one day, she would see the world again.

What she would be like at that time, she began to look forward to it.

Chu stretched out a hand and slowly and gently rested it on B3068's face.

"Didi. ”

B3068's pale green eyes flickered brightly and darkly, and it woke up, and the first thing it saw was Hatsu, which was close at hand.

"Didi!"

As if frightened again, it stepped back with its hands and feet, and then slammed into the pile of rubble.

Small pieces of boulders fell, and when they hit its head, it buried half of its body.

B3068 sat there with his eyes dazed, his head popping and steaming outward.

It's a timid and shy robot, there's no denying that.

"Huh. ”

At first glance, B3068 covered his mouth and laughed softly.

Seeing Chu smiling, B3068 stared blankly, it thought Chu liked to see it spew steam, scratched its head, held its hands as if it blushed, and sprayed two more strands of steam.

The laughter at first was not so hoarse, although it was a little low, but it was also very good, and the laughter spread far away, as if the rocks and ruins were listening attentively.

After the morning laughter was over, Hatsu stood up and asked B3068.

"Where are we going today?"

B3068 patted the stone on his body, sat up, looked around, and then raised his hand to point in a direction.

"Drip, drip, drip. ”

It's going to go there today to test the environment, it's never been there before, maybe it can find a good environment to live in there.

Today, it is still full of expectations.

I look forward to the return of human beings from the starry sky, and I look forward to being able to see the beauty of the earth for the first time.

So it is as always, never giving up, and it does not know how to give up and continues to search.

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Once upon a time a young man went to the priest.

He came to the priest in despair and asked him questions.

"God loves the world, why has He never saved me?"

The priest replied.

"God loves the world not because he is meticulous, but because he never criticizes. ”

Even though the world is selfish, He never rebukes and blesses the birth of man by giving air, light, soil, and pure water.

(God here refers to the world that encompasses us, and it really never reprimands, because we simply can't afford it.) In the vastness of the universe, one harsh rebuke is enough to destroy a person. ）

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There was a light rain in the afternoon, and the cold rain washed the earth, and the color of the ruins became darker and darker, but between the clouds, the sun was still faint, and it never receded.

B3068 and Chu sat in a corner sheltering from the rain, listening to the sound of the rain, and they looked out at the gloomy sky.

The wind blew and rained, and many of them fell into the corners of the wall and fell on the two of them.

B3068 silently raised his hands over Hatsu's head, his huge palms like open umbrellas, keeping the raindrops out.

Raising her head, she looked at B3068's light green eyes and leaned back slightly, leaning against it.

I don't know when it began, but she was already able to enjoy this dull time quietly and calmly.

"Thank you. ”

Chu said to B368.

"Didi. ”

B3068's electronic audio is drowned out in the rain.

In the gray ruins, the streets were full of cracks, and in the rain, a small grass grew between the cracks.

It was beaten by the rain, bent over and over again, and stood up again and again, swaying with the wind, clinging to the roots.

Its pale green color is more vivid by the rain, and its leaves are more stretched by the wind.

It was the only different color in the ruins, and in the rain, in the darkness, it seemed to slowly blur, blurring away the cold, drowsy and hesitant rainy day.

And the gray planet seems to be smiling.

Even if you were once lonely, even if you had nothing, even if you were already physically and mentally exhausted and scarred.

Tomorrow, please still look forward to it, don't give up looking, please believe that where you can't see, the world that belongs to you is waiting for you.

It's smiling, smiling, waiting, and embracing you with open hands.

(Here, in the new year, allow me to offer you my best wishes for a world that is not necessarily so beautiful, but so beloved.) ）