Chapter 86: The Kind of Smile One Has When They Had Understood the World Thoroughly

Afternoon. The sun was a little scorching, causing flowers and plants mollycoddled by the hotel to curl up like hair shaved off from skin that was prepared for surgery. Some young men and women who were taking advantage of the splendor of spring to wander about in the hotel returned to the venue. They were either happy, regretful, or filled with anticipation. The doctors who forgot to register their attendance were hurriedly writing down their names, then they could enter the dining hall after...