Taiyo stood in the shadows by the window, herback to the room. From her vantage position on the third floor of the building where their flat was located, she had a bird's eye view of the sprawling town. The rising sunshone on rooftops, giving them a yellowish tinge. Across the roads that criss crossed the town, diminutive figures of men and women hurried briskly to their places of work. Uniform…