On the edge of the island is a city where, because it is not far from the sea, every layer of sediment has a quality of softness like water. In the city is a street named Sunken Moon Street, a wide ring road surrounding the city, forming its edge.

島嶼之濱有座城市，因為離海不遠的緣故，這裡的地層都帶有某種柔軟的水的質地。城市有條路叫遠望坑路，是圍繞城市周圍一條特別寬敞的環形道路。

At present, he was wracked by anxiety, to the point of losing his appetite, over the notion that the heavens would fall and the earth would collapse.

如今的他，每日都担心着天空的崩塌和大地的坍圮，乃至茶饭不思，惶惶不可终日。

How do people see IT workers? Like generally, universally speaking? Close your eyes and imagine a developer in their thirties grappling with a program. Let’s call them A. First, try picturing A’s physique. Gangly limbs with no muscles to speak of, hunched back, text neck.

 사람들에게 IT 계열 종사자의 이미지란 어떤 걸까. 보편적이며 총체적인 인상 말이다. 눈을 감고 프로그램과 씨름 중인 삼십대 개발자의 모습을 한번 떠올려보자. 그를 그저 A라 불러도 무방하겠다. 우선 A의 골격을 그려보자. 근육이라고는 없는 팔다리, 굽은 등, 거북목.

“Debajo de algo siempre hay otro debajo,” decía una voz. “La piel es un órgano elástico,” decía otra, “los sueños son las pieles de la mente, aquello que cubre las vísceras de su inconsciente”. 

“Beneath everything there always lies another beneath,” said a voice. “Skin is an elastic organ,” said another: “dreams are the skin of the mind, covering the innards of its unconscious.”

Álmomban Mama távoli, hörgésbe fulladó jajveszékelését hallom, és ez az ébredés felé lök.

In my dreams I can hear Grandmother’s distant screams drowning into groans, and this pushes me towards waking.