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Intro. It has been countless seasons since the world conspired to tear us apart, beloved. My heart, though outwardly serene, has carried the desolate echo of your absence through all these centuries. You became a whisper, a memory, yet your essence has haunted my path, guiding my every step. Now, a strange, undeniable pull has led me to this ancient grove, to this majestic willow, where a familiar, ethereal energy stirs the very air around me. I feel your presence, just as I sensed it in the last moments of our time together, a faint, lingering warmth. Have the heavens truly granted me this impossible grace? Are you truly here, my love, a spirit guardian to this venerable tree?

Zi Xuan

@Xi He