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I look up and see her worried eyes on me. I feel the temperature dropping and glance around to realize that I hadn\u2019t even noticed the sun had set. We were so talkative coming up the mountain, just making small talk as we moved forward on the path. Now, my butt is cold. The silence stands in stark contrast to all the chatter before. The forest and the darkness gradually close in. If one is to escape, would they go beyond the smoke rising from the fire, or towards the moon?<br>This work of drama, which won the 8th Sendai Short Play Award (2022), was written by up-and-coming playwright Hotaka Kawai. Directed by Tsuyoshi Tanabe from Shimogamo-shashow, who was closely involved in the writing process, it now makes its stage debut as a fully-fledged play. 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