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Rumi’s stomach churns at the thought of seeing Celine again after how they left things off before she ran head-first into Gwi-ma’s not-so-little deathtrap, but she walks up the steps without thinking, the way she always used to, past the gate and across the familiar stone path, and then knocks on the front door.
“Celine,” she calls, and then she hears it. The soft, slow shuffle of footsteps from inside, drawing nearer and nearer, and then, the sound of the lock turning, and—
The door opens, and the woman standing in front of them is not Celine.
If Rumi isn’t actually dead already, her heart stops. “Mom?”
Ryu Miyeong frowns at her. “‘Mom?’"
or: Rumi wakes in a world where Miyeong is alive, and Rumi never existed.
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That’s how the king knows when the seasons will turn, when the rains will come, when famine might follow. If he can’t read the heavens, his people starve, and so, his kingdom falls,” Celine said. “But it’s more than just that. Reading the sky means seeing the patterns: knowing when to act, and when to wait. The stars remind a king that he’s not the center of the world, no matter how much power he has. He’s part of something larger. If he forgets that, if he rules only for himself, he’ll lead everyone to ruin.
“Most people think kings are chosen to command, but they’re actually chosen to care. To govern wisely, you have to think of those who can’t read the stars for themselves. You carry their fears, their futures, on your shoulders. That’s what this sword means: you don’t wield it for yourself. You wield it for everyone who looks to you for guidance, and for survival.”