Hāʻawi kahi decadent setting i kahi leʻaleʻa kupaianaha kahi i hoʻohui ʻia ai ka melankoli o nā manawa ʻē aʻe a me nā moemoeā kaumaha o ka mea e hiki ai i kēlā wahi ke hale. Nā leo o ka wā i hala, nā hāwanawana e like me ka haʻi ʻana i nā kumu haʻalulu o kēia hōʻino ..., nā hopena pau ʻole no kēlā me kēia mea nānā, hoʻolohe a mea heluhelu paha.
ʻO ka puka hao, e wehe ʻia no kēlā me kēia mea makemake e komo i kēia hale hoihoi i loko o kahi kaiāulu waena o Lādana, ke kakali nei i ka noʻonoʻo maʻalahi o ke komo ʻana i kahi ākea me ke koena o kahi pā o nā pā.
Aia ka hale ma laila a ʻaʻohe mea ʻaʻa e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ka wāwahi ʻana. ʻAʻole i komo iki kekahi akā ʻaʻole hāʻawi kekahi o lākou i ka hōʻike o ka mea hiki ke ʻike ʻia. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi loa ke komo i loko, e kahaha ai i kēlā decadence hanohano, ʻano like o kahi mele pouli na Poe.
Ke kono aku nei ka hale iā ʻoe e hoʻomau ma ke ala ma hope o ka puka pā, ma ka puka o ka hale. Ma loko e ʻike ʻoe aia paha kekahi e noho iā ia a holo i loko o kou kino ke anuanu ke hāʻawi ʻia ʻoe i kahi hele leʻaleʻa ma waena o kona mau lumi, alakaʻi ʻia e ka poʻe e hoʻomaopopo mau ana i kēlā mau paia peeling ma ko lākou home.
A i kekahi manawa kū ka hale i ke ʻano o kēia manawa a lilo i ia. ʻAʻole ia he mea hoʻonanea, he mea ia e hoʻohui i nā mea a me ka naʻau. He nani sinist e hoʻonāukiuki i kahi kānalua, kahi makaʻu hiki ʻole ke hōʻole ʻia. ʻAʻole ʻoe ʻike inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i waho a i ʻole inā ʻaʻole ʻoe makemake maoli.
He moʻolelo e hopu iā ʻoe i kekahi ʻano ʻokoʻa, e ʻae i nā naʻau e kahe ana ma waena o kahi papa o ke kenekulia ʻumikūmāiwa i kēlā me kēia lā āu e hoʻohui ai, me ka manaʻo e pohō nei ka mea maoli, me ka ʻike ʻole inā he kiko kikoʻī a i ʻole hiki mau loa.
Makemake paha ʻoe e hele i waho o ka hale. Ka mea like, kū ka heluhelu, akā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe. No ka mea ʻaʻole ʻoe e noho i kahi ʻano ʻē aʻe ʻē aʻe a me kou ʻiʻini e ʻike, kou hoihoi, he mea kaua ikaika, malia paha he mea kaua i ka luku iā ʻoe iho.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i kēia puke i kēia manawa Ka hale ala, ʻO kā David Mitchell puke hou, eia: