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A name isn’t a label. It’s where the soul begins.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfdL4ZK5d8
When Yun Cangyue and Liu Xiyu took form,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFS8DIq2UCK
the story of their love finally began.
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“Names?” 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnAIf3IT22l
The manager asked casually.
The director, mid-sip, nearly choked on his water. 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhx03IN6o2
“Not yet…” he wheezed. 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGSOw0f96z
“We just finished the worldbuilding discussion.”
“No names yet, and you want to cast people?” 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLBuYD7uT2
“What do we say—‘Hi, Miss Bunny, please read for Nameless Role #1’?”
The screenwriter adjusted his glasses. 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbLPAt7YfE
“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.” 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1ry3TLjvD
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.”15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgFhP52miiS
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.” 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLu01M1lHUK
The director raised a hand.
The manager flipped through a name database. 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNAT2iCsyEc
“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.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHj82aWLvF
“Then what about Yun Cangyue for the bunny?”
“Oh?” 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPWxQZpvet
The screenwriter glanced up.
“Yun, ephemeral like drifting clouds. 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZMxbizY6s
Cang, for the sea and all it’s seen change. 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJ94kYAShr
Yue, the legendary pearl of myth.” 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM35xs0lAVy
“She may seem fragile, but her memories are profound.”
This time, the screenwriter didn’t shoot it down. 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuhFvxmKsn
He tapped a few keys and nodded.
“For the human girl…” 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWEgXvo4KF
The director offered a thought. 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvWUZwHXJU
“Someone warm and unwavering. The kind who can reach into the dark and bring her back.”
The screenwriter thought. 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGVI1TTtF5
“Liu Xiyu?”
The art lead’s brows lifted.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvRgRn4RgK
“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.” 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvtG78EUuO
“Human girl: Liu Xiyu. Light of a new beginning. Yet to awaken.”
The director nodded. 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkP1Dfzv0oF
“Note it down. Send it to casting.”
He exhaled. 15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2E7Clda3jq
“At last… we actually have a show to make.”
