The Stranger Who Returned Everyone’s Names
Identity Rediscovered
A mysterious visitor wandered from town to town, asking people their names. When they answered, he whispered them back with such sincerity that many cried. For the first time, they heard their names not as labels, but as stories — filled with history, pain, dreams, lineage. Identity regained its weight. The stranger vanished one night, but people spoke their own names more gently afterward.
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