“Your father must have really liked his job. Going around collecting NHK subscription fees.” “I don’t think it’s a question of liking or disliking it,” Tengo said. “Then what?” “It was the one thing he was best at.” “Hmm. I see,” Kumi said. She pondered this. “But that might very well be the best way to live your life.” “Maybe so,” Tengo said as he looked out at the pine windbreak. It might really be so. “What’s the one thing you can do best?” “I don’t know,” Tengo said, looking straight at her. “I honestly have no idea.”
