Hiroto tried to discard the book. He wrapped it in brown paper and sealed it in the cupboard beneath the sink. He carried it to the recycling bin and watched the municipal truck grind and flap at the mound of paper until the operator shrugged and pushed the last bundle aside. It was always back on his table by morning, the plastic damp and clinging as if it had crawled home. When he left it in the alley, he returned to find it inside his mailbox, page edges primed with new, thin spirals that trembled beneath his fingers.
There was a passage about hands that sealed the deal. In the picture, two hands cupped something small, and the caption read: "When hands fold the world, the world holds its breath." Hiroto’s fingers moved to touch the caption and he felt the margins pull like a chain at his skin. Ink seeped faintly into his palm. He flinched and withdrew and then, impossibly, the line in the margin continued across his knuckle, as if the page had extended itself. The spiral found purchase. Uzumaki - Omnibus - 001-020-.cbr
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