‘Ibasho,’ she repeated, swaying. Her arms floated in front of her, either dancing or conducting the music, he couldn’t tell which. For that matter, he couldn’t tell where the music was coming from at all. ‘It doesn’t translate well into English. It means “whereabouts”. A place where one feels like home, where they feel like themselves.’ She wrote out the kanji characters for him in the air – 居場所 – and he recognized their Chinese equivalents. The character for a residence. The characters for a place.
