―Long time ago, in a land far far away…
Recently, Nui had been sensing something ominous for some reason from time to time.
One could say that Nui had an uncanny ability to sense things that most people would otherwise miss. She could tell if it would rain or not just by looking at the skies, or tell if this years summer would be hot or breezy. But Nui herself had no idea how she could know these things, and she didn’t feel very special being able to do so because there were not many people to compare herself too.
Nui lived in a small hut deep in the mountains.
The nearest village is half a day’s trek across the valley through a dirt path frequented by animals. Nui is now a young maiden, but she could count the number of times she had tread down that road on one hand. In a small hut, far away from such a small village lived her mother and brother, Ravi.
Nui knew not of her father. When Nui was young, she did not understand what a father was. She had visited the village with her mother and saw some of the children had fathers, so she asked her mother about their father. Her mother only answered with a saddened face, and from then on, Nui did not bring it up again.
However, Nui did not feel sad nor lonely. Other than the times when her mother went out to the village to sell rice cakes, she was always with Nui. And even when her mother was not there, Nui had her brother, Ravi.
Nui only longed for village and large cities, where there were more people than she could count, not because she was lonely, but because she wanted to meet all kinds of new and wonderful people. In the mountains, she appreciated the times she spend with the birds and squirrels, but Nui wanted to meet people that were different from her. Her mother would tell her stories of the people she met in the village, and Nui wondered what those people were like and what they thought about.
“But you must not descend the mountain by yourself.”
Because of her mother’s insistence, she would ignore thoughts of “sneaking out to the village on her own”. Whenever she asked why she could not her mother would reply so.
“There lives a dangerous tiger in these mountains. Nui, if you were to descend these mountains without me, you could be eaten by the tiger. Even if you were with Ravi as well.”
Nui, who had taken a peek towards Ravi, hung her head when her mother warned the both of them. Seeing Nui hang her head in disappointment, Ravi let out a giggle as he spoke to his mother.
“Then what if next time you go down the mountain, you take Nui with you? I can house sit by myself, so bring some treats!”
“Ravi!”
Nui beamed at Ravi’s suggestion. Ravi, her older brother, was always like this with Nui. He was always looking out for her and ensuring she was happy. Nui loved her brother’s kindness.
Nui hoped that such a simple life could go on forever. A life where the three of them were happy. She thought of traveling to the village, or even a city, when she became an adult, but until then, she believed that their peaceful lives would go on for a long time.
That is why Nui had been sensing something ominous for some reason from time to time.
The cause of this, was the change in her dear brother, Ravi’s, appearance.
As a kind and loving brother, Ravi would always spend time with his sister. The mountains didn’t make for the best playground, but they were constantly playing hide and seek, spending time in the nearby meadows, or collecting wild berries together.
But one day, the ever so kind Ravi started changing. He would spend less time with Nui, and spend more time alone deep in thought.
At first, Nui thought that Ravi was worried about something. She could not possibly know what he was worried about when it was just the three of them in these mountains, but she could not understand why her dear brother had grown distant.
“Ravi, do feel free to share with me any worries you have.”
“No. Everything is fine, Nui.”
Nui gathered up enough courage one day to try to open up her brother, but what she got in return was a polite but cold refusal. And his refusal only fueled Nui’s anxiousness. This was the first time that Ravi had turned her down like this.
Nui tried not to think too deep about it at first. When she was down in the village, she heard something about “puberty” where people started wanting some alone time. Since Ravi was older than her, Nui wanted to believe that was what Ravi going through.
But the foreboding was steadily feeding Nui’s anxiousness. She knew not why. But when Ravi sat alone, cross legged, in his room and sunk into his thoughts for hours or when he would reluctantly tag along with Nui to the forest after she had asked him incessantly, Nui realized that something was amiss.
One could say that Nui had an uncanny ability to sense things that most people would otherwise miss, and she would sense something amiss when she looked at Ravi. The feeling that something was not entirely right. The feeling where something resolute was being twisted and bent, and at the same time, something seemed to be on the move.
“Um, mother.”
Whenever Nui felt uneasy, she would consult her mother. Her mother looked up from her cooking at Nui’s shy request.
“What’s wrong, Nui?”
Her mother looked as if she had not noticed anything wrong. And because of her mother’s bright expressions, Nui doubted herself even more.
Her mother was wiser than anyone Nui had ever met. She knew when the skies would rain, if the year’s summer would be warm or chilly, if the winter would be freezing cold, or whether the year’s harvest would be bountiful. Nui was not the only one who had an uncanny ability for such things. Whenever Nui sensed something, her mother would sense it as well. As such, Nui did not realize that what she was able to do was special, and she was able to have complete faith in her feelings, thanks to her mother.
But right now, her mother didn’t seem to be sensing the darkness that she was sensing. Her mother seemed to be aware that something about Ravi had changed, but she would not say more than that.
“...No, it’s nothing, mother.”
In the end, Nui could only keep her worries to herself and stop bringing up the subject. What was she going to say? That her brother was acting up? That she had an ominous feeling? That was all she had to say, nothing concrete. And besides, her mother would catch on to such things faster than she could. There was no way that she was unaware. Her mother knew well enough that Ravi was spending a lot of time alone.
Nui could only hope that this was a passing phase.
“Nui.”
But one day, something happened.
“What is it, Ravi?”
Hearing Ravi’s call, Nui quickly ran to Ravi’s side. She was quite glad that he had called her over after such a long time.
Their mother had already left for the village. Ravi sat by the porch, and asked a question as his gaze pointed beyond the horizon towards the village.
“Nui, you’ve mentioned wanting to go to the village, right?”
“Huh? Yes, I want to see how the other people are living.”
Nui nodded. The three of them led peaceful happy lives, but Nui’s curiosity of other people only grew as she did.
“How did we end up living so far up this mountain?”
Nui was surprised at Ravi’s words. It was the first time Ravi had brought up such a thing, and Nui wondered as well.
“Why does our family live so far up this mountain?”
The last time she was in the village, Nui had heard that there were other people who lived up the mountains like they do. These people would come down to the village when the market place would open, or when they had to pick up certain necessities.
But these people tended to be herbalists or lumberjacks. Those whose work was made easier by being in the mountains. She did not know when she was younger, but as she grew older, she realized that making and selling rice cakes was not one of those professions.
Ravi continued as he kept his gaze towards the village.
“Mother even said that a scary tiger lurks in these mountains. Why would we be living in such a dangerous place? And if we were to be in danger if we were to descend the mountain by ourselves, how could mother be fine when she is by herself? And why would the tiger not come to our house when only the two of us are here?”
Nui started thinking as she heard Ravi’s questions. None of them were wrong. But the young Nui felt more fear than suspicions when she heard his questions.
“Th, then you’re saying the tiger could show up any time, Ravi?”
Hearing Nui’s scared tone, Ravi turned his eyes to Nui. Ravi’s serious expression, upon seeing the worry in Nui’s eyes, returned to the once soft expression he used to have. Ravi patted Nui’s head with the gentleness he had not shown in a long time.
“Do not worry, Nui. No such thing has happened so far, has it?”
“But...”
“It’s all right.”
Ravi tightened his grip with vigor at Nui’s nervousness.
“Even if the tiger were to come, big brother will chase it away.”
“Ravi...?”
Even if Nui realized that Ravi had only said that to ease her worries, Nui could not help but be surprised. She sensed heavy resolution hidden behind his bravado.
Nui once again felt anxiousness creeping up to her, but she could not press the matter further.
“OK.”
While Nui was looking for something to say, Ravi stood up as if he just remembered something.
“Why don’t we visit the village together?”
“What?”
Ravi had asked her in such a lighthearted way, as if he was suggesting they go pick some wild berries, that it took Nui a second to realize what he had said.
“What’s wrong? Don’t you want to go down to the village?”
“No, it’s not that... But mother said that not even the two of us should go down by ourselves.”
Nui tried to head off his idea.
“A dangerous tiger lives in these mountains, if we were to carelessly go about...”
“If such a dangerous beast lurks,”
Ravi cut Nui off.
“then how could mother come and go by herself without any problems?”
“Are you saying that she is lying, Ravi?”
Nui asked in confusion. Ravi was a kind and gentle brother. He listened to their mother. She could not believe that her brother could possibly doubt their mother’s words.
Ravi was still all smiles. But Nui felt that Ravi’s smile this time around was different from those she had seen before. Something about it did not comfort her.
“It’s all right. As I’ve said. Even if the tiger shows up, I will chase it off.”
Ravi pressed on. Still smiling.
Nui had a feeling that Ravi was trying to test something. Not just their mother’s warning but something else. Something bigger than that. Nui’s felt her nervousness almost overwhelm her. Not just ignoring her mother’s warnings. Not just her fear of the tiger. But something about Ravi’s suggestion was unsettling her.
“Now.”
Ravi reached out his hand to Nui as if to press her on. Her hands were shaking, but she couldn’t resist reaching out her hand...
“Where are you off to?”
She heard a voice ring out, and both of them flinched in response.
Nui turned to see their mother standing in the way to the village. As if to block their path.
“Mother?”
Nui blinked as she asked. It was not long ago that their mother went to the village. It took almost half a day to reach it. There was no way that her mother could be back so soon. That would mean that she had turned back on her way there. The question was why?
“Ravi, where were you trying to go with Nui?”
For some reason, their mother’s voice seemed to be angry. Nui thought that it was only natural as they were about to ignore her warning. Her mother did not anger easily, but when Ravi or Nui would cause trouble when they were little, she would show her scary side from time to time.
Ravi did not answer. He only stared at her with a stiff face.
An eternity seemed to pass. Ravi’s face put on a smile as he answered.
“It’s nothing, mother. Nui seemed to be bored, so I suggested we go play in the mountains.”
Ravi’s answer surprised Nui once again. She had never seen Ravi lie to their mother before. Was he afraid he was going to get scolded? But so far, Ravi was always honest even if it meant he was going to get scolded.
Mother stared at Ravi for a long time before answering. But she did answer with a sigh.
“...Is that so. Then do be on your way. But don’t go too far.”
“Yes. Have a safe trip, mother.”
Still smiling, Ravi bid their mother farewell as if nothing had happened. Ravi’s actions, and their mother’s actions, were all feeding Nui’s ominous feelings. Ravi, who had just lied through his teeth, and their mother, who suddenly showed up only to leave a word of warning before heading back to the village.
Nui could not tell what all of this meant. Only that something did not feel right. Only that something she could not understand was happening.
Trying to ease her anxiousness, Nui asked both their mother and Ravi what was happening. But neither gave her the answer she wanted.
“It’s all right. It must only be temporary.”
Her mother did not delve into it any further.
“But Ravi has been...”
Her mother stared at her as if she could not easily answer her question. After a while, she patted Nui on the head as she gave her answer with a sigh.
“All right, Nui. If you insist, I shall have a word with Ravi.”
Nui’s hopes rose at those words. If mother asked, even Ravi might say something. Nui firmly believed that her mother would be able to open up Ravi and help answer what worries he was clouded by, and why he no longer showed his old self.
“Listen well, Ravi, and Nui.”
Their mother called the both of them over and began talking.
“I know that you have your complaints about living deep in these mountains. It’s only natural that you want to play with kids your age, or be in the village where there are more fun things to do.”
Nui was surprised to hear their mother’s words. It seemed as if their mother was trying to comfort Nui instead of Ravi. But she continued speaking as she focused her gaze on Ravi.
“But there is a very good reason as to why we live here. Nui, you are able to predict the rain and the season’s weather, no?”
Nui, still confused, nodded when their mother turned to her to ask her the question.
“And Ravi, you have a keen eye in the dark, and are able to deeply sense another person’s inner feelings. You try not to show this, but I am correct, am I not?”
Ravi flinched and shuddered at those words. Nui was just was surprised. She had no idea that her brother had such abilities. Ravi stole a glance at his mother and nodded. His mother, meeting his gaze and nodding along, continued.
“Our clan had always had such unique abilities. That is why we live in the mountains. Far away from other people. If we were to live in the village, many a people would approach us in hopes of making use of our abilities. This mountain is a sacred land where the mountain god, the tiger, lives. He protects you, Ravi and Nui, from those bad people.”
Nui finally found the answer she had been looking for. She did not dislike her life in the mountains, but she was curious as to why they did so when Ravi brought the question up.
But Nui asked another question, her mother’s answer creating another set of worries.
“Then... mother, even as adults, can we not live in the village?”
Her mother turned to her as if surprised by her question. As if it was a question she wasn’t prepared for. Nui even felt worried that she had asked something she wasn’t suppose to. Even Ravi stared intensely at mother as if he was just as curious of the answer she would give.
“Oh... you don’t need to worry, Nui.”
Between Ravi’s intense gaze, and Nui’s face almost on the verge of tears, their mother spoke in a more vigorous tone.
“We only live in the mountains because you are young, Ravi and Nui. Because you can be easily deceived and controlled by bad people. When you are old enough, you won’t have to worry about that anymore, Nui.”
“I’m glad.”
Nui breathed a sigh of relief. But mother and Ravi could only look at Nui as if deep in thought. They couldn’t give her the warm smiles they would normally give her in situations like this.
But Nui, not seeing their expressions, felt relieved. Mother had finally answer Nui and Ravi’s question of “why they were living deep in the mountains”. Nui was surprise to hear her mother admit that they were people gifted with powers, but it wasn’t something she hadn’t suspected, so the shock didn’t last long. In fact, to Nui, her mother’s words were like permission allowing her to visit the village as much as she pleased when the time came.
But on the day the three of them engaged in that long conversation, Nui woke up that night to the sound of rustling. Seeing that Ravi was not in his bed, Nui left the room quietly, so as to not wake her mother.
“Is that you, Nui?”
Nui was surprised to hear a voice call out to her, but felt relieved upon recognizing it as her brother’s. Nui turned to the voice.
“...Ravi?”
But she could only see darkness. Nui squinted her eyes to peer through the pitch black. The darkness spoke again.
“Why are you up so late?”
Seeing Ravi completely swallowed by the darkness, Nui felt something she couldn’t describe.
She couldn’t even tell whether Ravi was there or not. It looked as if he had become one with the darkness. Only a pair of eyes indicated to her that Ravi was actually there.
The dark was scary. Nui always thought so. Even her mother, and the people in the village seemed to agree with her on this. She had accepted that darkness was to be feared, and had stashed it away.
But Ravi wasn’t like her. Even as child, Ravi was not afraid of the dark. Ravi always spoke as if he belonged there.
“There is no need to be afraid.”
And even now, that was no different.
Nui remembered what her mother told her. That just as she had certain abilities, so did Ravi. When the sun rose, Nui felt strength flow within her, and the sunlight made her happy. Perhaps, Ravi was the opposite of her? That he felt strength when in darkness? Is that why he wasn’t afraid of the dark?
But Nui couldn’t help but be afraid. The darkness that covered everything in pitch black would raise a sort of primal fear within her.
“What’s wrong?”
Ravi reached out his hand as if enticing her.
“Will you not join your brother?”
Nui felt at a loss at Ravi’s words. She was afraid of the dark and Ravi who had become one with it. But at the same time she felt as if it was only natural. As if Ravi had always belonged in the dark.
“I see.”
Ravi retrieved his hand as if he understood something when Nui stayed motionless. Nui thought she caught a glimpse of a certain sadness in Ravi’s face, but before she could see again, he was once again enveloped in darkness. Ravi continued.
“Nui, do you like your brother?”
“What? I, of course.”
Nui was confused. But she nodded.
“Yes, I like you to, dear Nui. If possible I would like for us to always be together.”
Nui’s worries grew when Ravi spoke as if such a thing could not be done.
“What is it, brother? Are you worried that I would leave for the village when I grow up?”
After some pondering, Nui became curious as to why Ravi was feeling lonely. Yes, perhaps he wanted to sneak to the village behind their mother’s back because he wanted to see other people, just as she did. He might have gotten bored of playing so much with her. That may be why he’d been spending so much time alone. Ravi is older than her now. She must be too childish for him to have fun. Realization seemed to sweep over Nui, and she felt her questions answered ever so slightly.
“Do not worry, brother! I won’t be an adult for a very long time. And you come live in the village too! If you want to stay here, I can come visit you frequently!”
Nui’s worry relaxed, and her voice became brighter. She felt as if her fear of Ravi, shrouded in darkness, was disappearing. Feeling as if she now understood Ravi, her fear of the dark felt trivial in comparison.
“Ha ha ha.”
But Ravi’s dry laughter only worsened her anxiety. It was as if the ominous feelings she’d been having was flooding her from the inside. Ravi looked up to the moon in the sky as he spoke.
“But it's alright, Nui. But such a day may not come.”
“What?”
Nui couldn’t hide her shock at Ravi’s words. It was a shock that Ravi would say that, knowing what her lifelong dream was. But it was just as shocking how sure Ravi seemed of himself. As if he had already peered into the future. As if he was certain of it.
“As things are, such a day will not come. We will keep on living in the mountains, and then...”
Keeping Nui hanging, Ravi fell silent as if was choosing his words wisely.
“we will have to bid farewell for eternity.”
Nui could not figure out what to say in response to Ravi’s depressing words. Only her anxiety and questions grew.
Ravi’s worries were not what Nui had suspected they would be. They were much larger and more serious than that. But Nui could not even begin to grasp what they could be. Her lack of understanding only worsened her state.
“But it’s all right, Nui.”
One step at a time. Ravi stepped out into the moonlight as he comforted Nui. He had a bittersweet look on his face as he patted Nui on the head.
“I will change such a sad fate.”
Fate.
For some reason, the word seemed to carry immense weight. As if Ravi was carrying an immense burden inside of him.
Nui wanted to ask why he was talking about such things. Why he denied her her dream. Why he is spending so much time alone these days. And why he lied to mother a while back. Nui wanted to ask Ravi every single question she had.
Nui’s heart kept tightening. Her anxiety only grew. She was now on the verge of bursting into tears. But she didn’t want to worry Ravi, who was gently patting her head. So she tucked away all her worries inside and held back her tears.
A few days later.
In the morning, Nui and Ravi were called over by their mother.
“Today, your mother will take a little longer than usual.”
“You’ll be late?”
“Yes, I may return in the middle of the night.”
Mother calmly answered Nui’s question. Mother would always return before sundown, so Nui thought it was strange why her mother would take so long. But for some reason, Nui didn’t want to pry further. It was as if something inside of her was telling her that it was inevitable.
“Until I return, do not open your door for anyone. And even if I do return, do not open the door until you have checked that it is indeed your mother. Ravi, that is your duty. Do you understand?”
Her mother’s resoluteness in how she asked Ravi, and Ravi’s wordless nods. They both felt odd to Nui. Why would she ask for them to check that it is indeed her? An why would Ravi not question a word of it?
Just as questions popped up in Nui’s mind, she felt that she wasn’t suppose to question what was happening. As if this was inevitable.
Their mother left. Nothing happened during the day. As if their nighttime talk had never happened, Ravi was all smile while playing with Nui, and she reaffirmed herself that her worries were unwarranted. Despite the fact that she felt doom knocking on her doorstep.
And when night fell, Nui and Ravi went to bed.
When Nui woke up in the middle of the night, she realized that Ravi was no where to be seen.
The only thing she could see beyond the paper screen was the moonlit night. She thought Ravi might be out in the yard like a couple nights prior, but she did not feel anyone outside. When she peeked through the open door to see outside, despite her mother’s warning, she saw that Ravi’s shoes were not there. And she could see Ravi’s footsteps heading down the pathway leading into the mountains.
I don’t know what, but something’s wrong. Nui’s senses were screaming at her.
Nui struggled to come to a decision. Her mother’s warnings of not walking through the mountains by herself, and the warning she left before leaving this morning, all bothered her. But Nui finally decided to run after her brother. It was him too that was walking through the mountains alone.
“Ravi―! Dear brother―!”
She knew not when the tiger would show up. The tiger may attracted to her shouts. Despite these worries, she kept calling out to her brother. Desperate to find her brother, Nui kept on running through the dark.
And not before long,
“Ravi...?”
Nui found Ravi. But it wasn’t just Ravi there.
Before her on the pathway was a meadow. One she had never seen before in the times she went to the village. And she could see why she had missed it. There were broken trees and mounds of mud scattered about. As if two violent beasts were fighting to the death.
Ravi knelt there in the middle of it. Not even noticing Nui call out to him, Ravi was silently screaming towards the sky.
And in front of him, lay someone. She couldn’t tell as Ravi covered her view, but Nui could tell at a glance who it might be. The white clothes their mother always wore. The person in that clothes lay there motionless.
“―!”
In shock, Nui ran to the two figures. She could feel it in her heart that something was wrong. That something had gone awfully wrong.
Nui thought as she ran. What could’ve happened?
The tiger must’ve attacked. That must be it.
The tiger attacked mother while she was alone on the road. Realizing this, Ravi rushed to aid their mother and fought it off. But he was too late...
No, that can’t be!
Nui shook away her thoughts and tried to feel her mother, who lay in front of Ravi. Nui was relieved to find that she could still feel a pulse, but her mother’s hand felt different. It felt rough, and it was hairy.
What Nui held was a tiger’s paw.
Before Nui could even scream, the whole world turned white.
Ravi, who was besides her, silently screaming, was swallowed into the light as well.
“...Do you see now, Nui?”
After finishing her long story, mother asked Nui if she had understod.
How much time could’ve passed?
Despite time passing, Nui felt as if the things that came after were all one fever dream.
When Nui came to, she found herself in a space she had never seen before.
A wounded tiger, wearing her mother clothes, laid on the ground. She should’ve been afraid at the sight, but Nui could tell that the tiger was indeed her mother. While desperately trying to tend to her mother’s wounds, many figures approached from the distance.
Nui was really about to let out a screech this time.
People in clothes she’d never seen. Among the people wearing clothes Nui couldn’t have guessed existed, she saw beings who seemed to be animals, or even dokkaebis. When these beings gathered around her, Nui was reminded of the tales of the underworld that her mother used to tell her as a child.
“Do not worry.”
To the scared Nui, the beings spoke in a soft tone.
“We are acquaintances of your mother. We are here to heal your mother. So there is no need to worry.”
A woman in white, perhaps a physician, comforted Nui. And as if on cue, the beings gathered around Nui, quickly tended to her mother’s wounds and put her onto a stretcher.
“Now, will you come with us? I’m sure you’ll feel more assured being by your mother’s side, Nui.”
“My name... How do you know me?”
When Nui asked in surprise, the physician woman giggled as she spoke.
“Of course we know you, Nui. Your mother would speak about you quite often.”
And so Nui decided to stay in that strange place. Tending to her mother.
“You must be Nui. I heard a lot about you.”
The being who had most keenly looked at Nui, was a cat.
“You can call me Master Cat.”
The one who introduced himself as Master Cat said that he and Nui’s mother went back a long way. He treated her as if she were his niece. The strange beings were more than welcome to answer Nui’s questions as to where she was and who they were.
Where Nui had come to was Library World. The world where all stories converged.
Nui and Ravi, even their mother, were characters of a story. And Nui’s mother was a council member of the Sages. In every story, one Sage would be there to guide to story to its intended ending. And Nui and Ravi’s fate that night was to become the sun and the moon when they were chased by the tiger.
Her mother’s task was to be the tiger spirit. To hide her identity and guide the story so that Nui and Ravi could each become the sun and the moon. But unlike how the story was supposed to go, Ravi fought against the tiger, and he had changed their fate. And the three of them were summoned to Library World.
“Then, my brother is here somewhere as well?”
“Well, yes. But...”
Unlike Nui’s excited tone, Master Cat answered hesitantly.
“I think you best hear the rest from ol’... I mean your mother.”
Master Cat said to Nui.
Master Cat was also a member of the Sage Council. The place that Nui was at was a secret location where council members would meet, and a place where issues regarding the Library World and rules of stories would be discussed. There, Nui heard many stories from different sages, and awaited her mother’s recovery.
“It’s time.”
And when her mother had recovered from her wounds, she called Nui over to tell her a story.
Their original fate, a Sage’s responsibility to guide that fate to fruition, and about Ravi’s whereabouts.
“Ravi is drunk on the power of darkness he has harnessed. And he has been won over by Witch Queen and “Umbra”, an evil organization that wants to take advantage of him to twist Library World and the fates of stories. By now, Ravi must be scheming along with them to overturn Library World.”
Nui wanted to deny what she heard. The fact that the bright and kind brother she looked up to could become a villain was hard to swallow. But unlike how it was in her story, her mother’s words, now that she had revealed that she was a Sage, held a certain weight behind them.
“Ravi is powerful. And the only one who can stop him is you, Nui. The one blessed by the power of the sun.”
Her mother began teaching Nui of how she could control the powers of the sun. In the beginning, Nui couldn’t believe she coud at first. But as she began learning, she could feel herself able to easily controls her powers as if she was merely using her limbs.
Oh, I wonder. Nui pondered. Could her powers she had in her story be because of the sun’s powers she wielded? And as she grew stronger, she came to realize. The reason Ravi was acting weird was because he had already awoken to his powers. Now with the power of the sun under her control, she now knew as well.
The fact that she had been through her story a countless number of times. That she and Ravi became the sun and the moon, destined to never meet. That they had to go through such a sad fate a near infinite number of times.
― But it's alright, Nui. But such a day may not come.
So that’s what you meant, dear brother.
Nui now understood what Ravi had meant.
― will change such a sad fate.
Everything she could finally understand what that meant.
The Sage Council’s secret hideout was located in the center of Library World, at the highest point of Synop City. A place high above the clouds. Before it, lay the entirety of Synop City. The place where countless characters lived.
The village and city, Nui had oh so wanted to visit, now lay before her very eyes.
Ravi kept his words. And even now, he was probably trying his best to change fate.
Nui now understood her brother. Despite taking on the responsibility of having to protect the Sage Council’s Write-o’-Light against her brother Ravi and Umbra.
A day will come where I will have to face off against my brother.
Nui pondered to herself as she looked at the city beneath her feet.
What am I to do? I understand my brother wanting to change such a sad fate. But I must stop his evil deeds. Our sad destiny will continue to run its course.
I have come to such a big city. But brother, you are not by my side.
Nui did not cry.
Because somewhere inside of her, she felt that all of this was inevitable.