I am one of those cogs, going round and round. I have become a functioning part of the world, rotating in the time of day called morning.
-- Keiko (N/A)

Importance: This is what Keiko thinks to herself while she works at the convenience store. It demonstrates how Keiko finds a purpose and place to belong in her work.

I've been reborn."
-- Keiko (N/A)

Importance: This is what Keiko thinks to herself after her first shift at the convenience store, 18 years ago. This is the moment that she transforms from an aimless human to a convenience store worker.

Infecting each other like this is how we maintain ourselves as human is what I think.
-- Keiko (N/A)

Importance: This is what Keiko observes to herself as she notices how her colleagues influence the way that she speaks, acts, and dresses, and how she in turn influences them. She believes that this is how everyone constructs themselves; while she does it knowingly...