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A name isn’t a label. It’s where the soul begins.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINHT5HHKHc
When Yun Cangyue and Liu Xiyu took form,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tRS1uWXK5
the story of their love finally began.
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“Names?” 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iwxaY6ewh
The manager asked casually.
The director, mid-sip, nearly choked on his water. 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzQt0XxOuy
“Not yet…” he wheezed. 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6RqdocFdc
“We just finished the worldbuilding discussion.”
“No names yet, and you want to cast people?” 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlg2u3zm8gp
“What do we say—‘Hi, Miss Bunny, please read for Nameless Role #1’?”
The screenwriter adjusted his glasses. 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3sEpxiVEC
“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.” 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzffy3rNxv
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.”21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAP6brR0d5
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.” 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYa1FWoaHs
The director raised a hand.
The manager flipped through a name database. 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qKMPgdy4b
“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.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqoQeis9WHH
“Then what about Yun Cangyue for the bunny?”
“Oh?” 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3aMDWFO3hi
The screenwriter glanced up.
“Yun, ephemeral like drifting clouds. 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsWGoKQJKZ9
Cang, for the sea and all it’s seen change. 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JgjKlPYkZ
Yue, the legendary pearl of myth.” 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF89qv6Kjyh
“She may seem fragile, but her memories are profound.”
This time, the screenwriter didn’t shoot it down. 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUdGmVeOLY
He tapped a few keys and nodded.
“For the human girl…” 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGzndOxmZo
The director offered a thought. 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTs8Zkl71s
“Someone warm and unwavering. The kind who can reach into the dark and bring her back.”
The screenwriter thought. 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWQEJ3FvtZ
“Liu Xiyu?”
The art lead’s brows lifted.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXEYfLN6qsv
“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.” 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3NcbZGici
“Human girl: Liu Xiyu. Light of a new beginning. Yet to awaken.”
The director nodded. 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIiwxofa7r8
“Note it down. Send it to casting.”
He exhaled. 21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRNMvORdqb
“At last… we actually have a show to make.”
