[Bato na porta]
- Professor boss? Are you there?
-Yeeeessss
[Ele responde, com um yes bem longo]
- I have something to tell you. Well... you know... it's hard to say this, but I'll be leaving next year, in February...
- Ohh!!! Good! So, you have found your next position...
- No. Actually, I have not.
- How are you leaving then, if you have no next job?
-Well.. it's complicated. I just think that..
-Because in general people find a job before leaving their current job.
-...but I..
-Because you know that you can stay longer if you want, we'll be happy to have you here 'til the end of your contract..
-...but...
- What don't you do some more thinking and let us know?
[Pronto, falei! ]
[Fiquei surpreso com a reação do meu chefe, quase "paternal", diria]
[Inesperado para um japonês. Foi bom, sentir-me benquisto onde trabalho, numa cultural tão different da minha.]
[Ainda meio assustado diante das minhas próprias deliberações, mas... acredito que esse barco já saiu do porto e a ele não volta mais.]
[...rumo ao desconhecido mundo lá fora, aqui vamos nós]