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A name isn’t a label. It’s where the soul begins.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXOVVioQ2D
When Yun Cangyue and Liu Xiyu took form,17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQO1E4Bk6X
the story of their love finally began.
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“Names?” 17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhGCOVUVlC
The manager asked casually.
The director, mid-sip, nearly choked on his water. 17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSMMDw3eAW
“Not yet…” he wheezed. 17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSIHeMulFlr
“We just finished the worldbuilding discussion.”
“No names yet, and you want to cast people?” 17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRFj5hNkgX
“What do we say—‘Hi, Miss Bunny, please read for Nameless Role #1’?”
The screenwriter adjusted his glasses. 17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡig0jseZ4GC
“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.” 17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6i1tVGPKcZ
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.”17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCRx2e3Qv2
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.” 17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHClppJDzhI
The director raised a hand.
The manager flipped through a name database. 17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyC6WrDoNwi
“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.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUnHPAQQBf
“Then what about Yun Cangyue for the bunny?”
“Oh?” 17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfpFCYShXoB
The screenwriter glanced up.
“Yun, ephemeral like drifting clouds. 17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqOycohFHV
Cang, for the sea and all it’s seen change. 17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbY56GxSqEB
Yue, the legendary pearl of myth.” 17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQweop54WmH
“She may seem fragile, but her memories are profound.”
This time, the screenwriter didn’t shoot it down. 17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrk9V0TyVi
He tapped a few keys and nodded.
“For the human girl…” 17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLcTfsAxaq
The director offered a thought. 17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2d7zjtNFSy
“Someone warm and unwavering. The kind who can reach into the dark and bring her back.”
The screenwriter thought. 17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSY2rTN3nC
“Liu Xiyu?”
The art lead’s brows lifted.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzN4RMNTNT6
“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.” 17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2Bu82DUHF
“Human girl: Liu Xiyu. Light of a new beginning. Yet to awaken.”
The director nodded. 17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8kHySwNGp
“Note it down. Send it to casting.”
He exhaled. 17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJe7JHcvN5G
“At last… we actually have a show to make.”
