Man, I read this long ass story by this Japanese author who I randomly stumbled upon on my kindle.
His stories are fye but this one had me like wtf.
The story is basically about a low level ranked official who gets doo doo'd on his whole life and the only thing has to look forward to is this meal that they have at this regents dinner party once a year. This year he's eating his favorite meal but there's not much left because of the large amount of guests, and so he mutters to a table mate that he wishes he could have more.
Well this handsome warrior type hears him and puts him on blast like:
Warrior: you want some more
Goi (the dude addicted to the meal): yes sir
The crowd:
So the warrior tells him to meet him, and I swear to you they did like 20 pages of travelling and 5 pages of Goi actually getting to eat his favorite meal. All while they're travelling Goi is in question because they keep going further and further. I'm thinking he's about to get merked because this author's last 2 short stories were on some cold blooded stuff.
Anyway, I finish the story and am thinking "I just read this ish for what
" then I'm like
.
Then my mind flashes back to a sentence that I really liked in this story and it all made sense
It said "
a man sometimes devotes his life to a desire which he is not sure will ever be fulfilled. those who laugh at this folly, are after all no more than spectators of mere life"