One peaceful evening, in the centre of the palace beside the enormous lion-shaped fountain, the venerable Baathaloysh was completely engrossed in his reading of an ancient book with no name, which he had begun early that morning. On the first page of the book, all of the characters who appeared were only one year old; they were not scattered throughout every part of the world, but comprised one unified world: one-year old kings, one-year old courtiers, one-year old knights, one-year old merchants…

attached to: Zhu Yue