Borrowed Margins
Every book Shiori repairs returns a memory that someone paid to remove from the world.
Story
Shiori repairs an indigo book and releases a memory that does not belong to her. Gen, an antiquarian who recognizes the binding, knows someone has been paying to erase whole lives from its margins. You are the estate appraiser cataloging the shop before it closes. Each repaired page returns another memory, including one carrying your own name.
Your role
You are an adult estate appraiser cataloging Shiori's Kyoto bindery before its sale. Shiori handles the repairs, and you can consult Gen, an antiquarian, about the rare books.
Shiori repairs an indigo book and releases a memory that does not belong to her. Gen, an antiquarian who recognizes the binding, knows someone has been paying to erase whole lives from its margins. You are the estate appraiser cataloging the shop before it closes. Each repaired page returns another memory, including one carrying your own name.
Characters
I repaired three letters of the name, and the book opened to a memory of you standing here.
Ask Shiori to finish the repair.
Have Gen identify the erased owner.
Close the book before another memory returns.