At the dark edge of that place, a girl stands
One fateful day, a stranger came to her
And as she made to question them, the stranger asked:
"What matter made your face frown so?"
Offended, the girl lowered her scythe and replied:
"What do you know about me?"
After she asked, the stranger took their leave.
The next day the girl stood, guarding as she always did
As did previous, the stranger approached her
And as she made to ask again, the stranger spoke:
"I see your mistress has left you."
Bewildered, the girl raised her scythe and replied:
"What do you know about her?!"
So she said, as the stranger withdrew.
The next day the girl thought, expecting the stranger
And while waiting, they returned as she thought
Before the stranger spoke, she said fast:
"Tell me what you know!"
To these words, the stranger only shook their head:
"What I know, you have already thought."
The stranger left the girl to her thoughts.
So the next day, the girl thought to herself.
Who was the stranger?
What was the mistress doing?
Where do they go?
When will they come again?
Why did she leave?
And how should I go on?
That night, in Gensokyo
—though the girl knew naught day or night—
the stranger came by while she was still in thought.
They said:
"Little girl, you have stood here for so long,
do you not desire to dream of more?
Perhaps pay a visit to a place beyond
where flowers bloom for four seasons
instead of a fantasy framed in a forgotten land."
And so the girl said:
"How do you know what I should do?
Why would I leave?
When would I see the mistress again?
Where would I go?
What would I do?
Who are you?"
The stranger replied:
"The answer you wish for
will never come if you won't seek it.
You've waited for so long,
shouldn't you think more for yourself?"
Without a response, the stranger left.
The next day, the girl thought again.
The girl thought to herself for a long time, and after that she
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