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A name isn’t a label. It’s where the soul begins.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqw03MCpl7i
When Yun Cangyue and Liu Xiyu took form,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3CHyXqmtH
the story of their love finally began.
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“Names?” 11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fulF0K395
The manager asked casually.
The director, mid-sip, nearly choked on his water. 11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf09pYUrZM8
“Not yet…” he wheezed. 11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0bvSCbTQ8
“We just finished the worldbuilding discussion.”
“No names yet, and you want to cast people?” 11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCW0WQ8qi2
“What do we say—‘Hi, Miss Bunny, please read for Nameless Role #1’?”
The screenwriter adjusted his glasses. 11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYb1e2NqWq
“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.” 11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1m4rZYWnfJ
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.”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8KXTqWBi2
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.” 11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡypu7ggtsHD
The director raised a hand.
The manager flipped through a name database. 11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOw9jX6Zixg
“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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeIDjGNtjbO
“Then what about Yun Cangyue for the bunny?”
“Oh?” 11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNe7ljLkLjr
The screenwriter glanced up.
“Yun, ephemeral like drifting clouds. 11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmnG6IjELp
Cang, for the sea and all it’s seen change. 11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZuJ5AHZJOl
Yue, the legendary pearl of myth.” 11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrbl26SF7G
“She may seem fragile, but her memories are profound.”
This time, the screenwriter didn’t shoot it down. 11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMnP8Ca4V4
He tapped a few keys and nodded.
“For the human girl…” 11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCORygwBGMZ
The director offered a thought. 11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8tKg1iXzss
“Someone warm and unwavering. The kind who can reach into the dark and bring her back.”
The screenwriter thought. 11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIQa0WEM3v
“Liu Xiyu?”
The art lead’s brows lifted.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCl5YhN7WJx
“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.” 11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQE8iRyJfE
“Human girl: Liu Xiyu. Light of a new beginning. Yet to awaken.”
The director nodded. 11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbp6Fe6r6Rk
“Note it down. Send it to casting.”
He exhaled. 11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaWr62yR8u
“At last… we actually have a show to make.”
