The Town Where Shadows Were Born First
The Form Arrives After the Meaning
In this town, people were born without bodies. Their shadows appeared first, wandering freely. Only when a shadow learned purpose did a body form around it. Some shadows never solidified. Others shaped themselves into extraordinary beings. A sage observed: “Substance follows intention.”
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