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A name isn’t a label. It’s where the soul begins.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOtcdCJSoj
When Yun Cangyue and Liu Xiyu took form,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFBIlnrRZz
the story of their love finally began.
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“Names?” 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLrFkj2yt0
The manager asked casually.
The director, mid-sip, nearly choked on his water. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHGW7FfgOX
“Not yet…” he wheezed. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZ1krVDEXn
“We just finished the worldbuilding discussion.”
“No names yet, and you want to cast people?” 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnWY9HhfxO
“What do we say—‘Hi, Miss Bunny, please read for Nameless Role #1’?”
The screenwriter adjusted his glasses. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfABrU8Rpia
“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.” 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkl2LMvpUQ0
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.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlfA7WZ0cn
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.” 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RWrYkeNbo
The director raised a hand.
The manager flipped through a name database. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjBJW0UCsf
“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.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5giZdnvxv
“Then what about Yun Cangyue for the bunny?”
“Oh?” 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxDOU9l2Xb
The screenwriter glanced up.
“Yun, ephemeral like drifting clouds. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8N5qow42x
Cang, for the sea and all it’s seen change. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYtN1QjXe1
Yue, the legendary pearl of myth.” 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFiOBfA0GV
“She may seem fragile, but her memories are profound.”
This time, the screenwriter didn’t shoot it down. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqvSW2f30Ri
He tapped a few keys and nodded.
“For the human girl…” 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjPWDvCNTg
The director offered a thought. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIa1TdjQzC5
“Someone warm and unwavering. The kind who can reach into the dark and bring her back.”
The screenwriter thought. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCES7b6QIk
“Liu Xiyu?”
The art lead’s brows lifted.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUWSl4xhaL
“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.” 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWgykFspIo
“Human girl: Liu Xiyu. Light of a new beginning. Yet to awaken.”
The director nodded. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjvF27NRuF
“Note it down. Send it to casting.”
He exhaled. 16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogG8rNPDYT
“At last… we actually have a show to make.”
