The dead linger as spirits, the living cling to their obsessions. Life is an illusion, and clarity is hard to come by. Yique is just an ordinary shop where people trade shadows for objects, passing through a great dream to attain enlightenment.
Shiying is merely a merchant who knows nothing of the passage of time. She does not understand life and death, yet has read countless tales of parting. She sees through life's illusions and urges people to let go. But on the other side of these stories, is she a bystander or a player in the game? No one can say…