Setting the scene…
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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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Previously
…And his son, his little Li, who, without a doubt, was now almost a year old. Tears burned his cheeks, a familiar sting of frustration and longing. The ancestral spirits, the ones he’d grown to know and respect in this strange, distant time, had warned him of their eventual departure, a truth that now sat heavy in his chest. Their wisdom, their quiet strength, had become a profound anchor for him, and the thought of their inevitable fading, like the ephemeral shimmer of the rift, brought a fresh wave of sadness. He knew, with a certainty that chilled him to the bone, that when he finally returned, if he returned, he would carry their mark, a silent testament to their shared journey.