𝓣he scene plays out with Ray Dimasalang sliding the lower sash of the double hung and the only window hinged in his boarding room, to witness the annual Filipino salubongan for Bagong Taon. Well. 𝓝𝓸. He actually unbarred the sash from the lower panel to leap headfirst towards unsuspecting children playing with Watusi and piccolo below and hopefully die. If he doesn't, there are still rogue firecrackers lying on the ground which would eventually explode and kill him in the process. A 5'7 and a half tall of a disappointment, Ray contemplates this when a sightless stranger named Avery Dimagiba sitting coolly from the casement window next-door accounted how much of a fleabag he is and somehow convinced him to live a little longer. ────────── 𝒫𝒮: Conversations are a mixture of Bisaya and English, but mostly Bisaya.