Ronald & Tony

The letter to a missing city

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Busy wooden Asakusa street, autumn 1868. Boy Jun in indigo work kimono with mustard sash holds folded cream letter; elderly Ronald, Tony, Karen, Harly nearby. No fish sign yet. : Caption: Asakusa, 1868. Edo has a new name. Jun: This letter says Edo. Everyone says this is Tokyo!

Close Jun worried, letter held readable side towards his face. Ronald listens. : Jun: Has Father sent it to the wrong city?

Tony flies beside Ronald with a bewildered expression; speech tail points to the owl. : Tony: How do you lose an entire city?

Ronald reassures Jun, wooden city continuing behind them. : Ronald: You haven’t. Edo has been renamed Tokyo. Jun: Then Father can still find us!

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Busy wooden Asakusa street, autumn 1868. Boy Jun in indigo work kimono with mustard sash holds folded cream letter; elderly Ronald, Tony, Karen, Harly nearby. No fish sign yet.
Caption: Asakusa, 1868. Edo has a new name. Jun: This letter says Edo. Everyone says this is Tokyo!

Close Jun worried, letter held readable side towards his face. Ronald listens.
Jun: Has Father sent it to the wrong city?

Tony flies beside Ronald with a bewildered expression; speech tail points to the owl.
Tony: How do you lose an entire city?

Ronald reassures Jun, wooden city continuing behind them.
Ronald: You haven’t. Edo has been renamed Tokyo. Jun: Then Father can still find us!