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A name isn’t a label. It’s where the soul begins.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqJxJw13Mu
When Yun Cangyue and Liu Xiyu took form,23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwCU3YNwAY
the story of their love finally began.
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“Names?” 23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnQL7Nd0f5
The manager asked casually.
The director, mid-sip, nearly choked on his water. 23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1Q6juSQDD
“Not yet…” he wheezed. 23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3SgJpZHZic
“We just finished the worldbuilding discussion.”
“No names yet, and you want to cast people?” 23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxce8d5tMgx
“What do we say—‘Hi, Miss Bunny, please read for Nameless Role #1’?”
The screenwriter adjusted his glasses. 23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYP2L2fMa3
“Alright. What kind of names are we going for?”
“Poetic. With a sense of fate. Nothing too modern, but not completely out of place either.” 23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsRv3psqsp
The director tried to summarize.
“…So you want a name that sounds like it belongs somewhere between the cosmos and a convenience store”
The art lead raised her hand.
“I have one.”23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLck7wh9ywv
She looked serious. Her voice, resolute.
“The bunny is—Yue Xiling.”
The screenwriter went quiet for a moment.
“You mean Yue like ‘moonlight’, Xi like ‘tides’, and Ling as in so cold it freezes your soul?”
“She’s a spirit of reincarnation. She needs presence.”
“That’s not ‘presence.’ That’s a name that needs two font sizes larger just so viewers can figure out how to pronounce it.”
“Then you try. Give me something elegant.”
“The human girl is—Lin Wan.”
“…You want her to bring a thermos and do square dancing on the moon?”
“Stop it.” 23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWF9ZFTdbhq
The director raised a hand.
The manager flipped through a name database. 23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQLxv7GINi
“Let’s check if either name’s in the top 100—we don’t want any awkward name clashes later.”
The art lead added another.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBZX8fgLLb
“Then what about Yun Cangyue for the bunny?”
“Oh?” 23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwZ5tVQzD7
The screenwriter glanced up.
“Yun, ephemeral like drifting clouds. 23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cCq4neSSf
Cang, for the sea and all it’s seen change. 23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6p99l7bgE
Yue, the legendary pearl of myth.” 23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtWmyi8egs
“She may seem fragile, but her memories are profound.”
This time, the screenwriter didn’t shoot it down. 23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwlXnEFebr
He tapped a few keys and nodded.
“For the human girl…” 23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZImxh20C2t
The director offered a thought. 23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKTDgAFXjM
“Someone warm and unwavering. The kind who can reach into the dark and bring her back.”
The screenwriter thought. 23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtoJBlVxlzw
“Liu Xiyu?”
The art lead’s brows lifted.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyP2Zmtask
“Liu stands for softness, Xi for light, Yu for freedom.”
“...That’s annoyingly beautiful,” the art lead admitted.
The manager looked up at the whiteboard.
“Bunny beastkin: Yun Cangyue. Remnants of a past life.” 23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JFQXbI9kf
“Human girl: Liu Xiyu. Light of a new beginning. Yet to awaken.”
The director nodded. 23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbUghiZH0V
“Note it down. Send it to casting.”
He exhaled. 23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbEfZelEh8
“At last… we actually have a show to make.”
