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Characters: Wu Fei, opn
When: Day Two
Location: Monument
Summary: Meditating
Warnings: None as of yet
After setting up his campsite away from the main populace, Wu Fei settled himself in front of the infamous monument. He posed, kneeling on his meditation mat and stared at the cold stone before him. A poem drifted to his mind and his lips formed the words:
"Earth and heaven endure forever,
Streams and mountains never change.
Plants observe a constant rhythm,
Withered by frost, by dew restored.
But man, most sentient of all,
In this is not their equal.
He is present here in the world today,
Then leaves abruptly, to return no more.
No one marks There's one man less -
Not even friends and family think of him;
The things that he once used are all that's left
To catch their eye and move them to grief.
I have no way to transcend change,
That it must be, I no longer doubt.
I hope you will take my advice:
When wine is offered, don't refuse."
T'ao Chi'ien's Substance to Shadow.