Drinking the wine of Longevity alone, who knows the free and unfettered joy?
Inside a space built of massive bricks and stones, a brilliant, fiery-red coral tree stood taller than two people.
From its spreading branches, fine threads suspended bronze bells, their engraved patterns symmetrically paired, looking both harmonious and anomalous.
An overturned lamp lay asklant in a corner, with a laptop smashed beside it. Its half-closed screen flickered with light, emitting crackling static for a moment before going completely dark, the sound cutting off abruptly.
"Ugh, ouch—"
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