"I like living in fantasy," Takeo replied without much hesitation, but without looking back at Tsuchi. "I was already a resident in that wonderful place even before it became a refuge from the unhappier times. It's a nice place... it's where the idea of justice comes from, after all."

He finally turned about to face Tsuchi. "But if you mean turning people into frogs... yes, that too. I mean, don't you ever wake up in the morning feeling" he shuffled, as if embarrassed or as if he were about to say 'not so fresh', "like someone should be a squatting amphibian?"