Setting the scene…
Interactive story
Rift of time
Deep in a remote cave in Kiso Mountains Li explores as his wife Sun-jin pregnant with his son in a village miles below With rice farms surrounded by Japanese cherry blossom trees The sun rises The crisp fresh mountain air…
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…He thought of Sun-jin again, her gentle smile, the curve of her belly. A profound ache settled in his chest, a longing so sharp it felt like a physical wound. How far had he been thrown? Was there any way back? He closed his eyes, the alien landscape blurring behind his eyelids, and tried to conjure the image of their village, the vibrant green of the rice paddies, the delicate pink of the cherry blossoms. But the image was fading, pushed aside by the stark, unforgiving reality of this new, desolate world. He was Li, a man from a time of peace and burgeoning life, lost in a place that felt as ancient and barren as the dust beneath his feet.