Chapter 1
He was looking up at the moon in the night sky. The moon was always there. It continued to subtract and add to its body as it continued to change its shape. There were times when the moon was completely gone, but everyone had an understanding. The moon would always be there.
The moon was unchanging, yet the person didn’t remain unchanged. A different version of himself looked at the moon each time. In his ignorant days, he just viewed the moon as a fixture in the dark sky. However, the meaning behind the moon changed as he grew older. When he first found out about the moon, it was merely the object of his curiosity. When his mother chastised him, he would look up at the moon as he tried to hide his tears. It was like a friend. When his parents passed away, it was like a brother that cried with him. When he founded his company, it was a companion that lifted him up. When he started dating his future wife, it was like an old man cheering on his love. When his daughter was born, it was like the old birth deity congratulating the birth of his child.
But currently, the moon was looking down on him. It was a version of the moon he had never seen before.
“. .. are you mocking me too?”
It was a cloudless night sky. There was a single source of light emanating from the dark sky above the city. The man looked up at the spiteful full moon as he mumbled to himself.
As always, there was no answer from the moon.
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Fire erupted from the city, and dust rose from the sky as buildings fell. The cries and screams of the people rang out in the sky.
A terrible feeling of despair was crushing everyone’s heart.