As survivors collect their "fire compensation" beside the artificial lake,
the flags of the wandering god in Lin Xi's office have turned into the hands of a wall clock.
The stone Pixiu statue opens its enormous mouth once more in the rain,
and the glass curtain wall reflects the back of a new employee signing his name
the metal tip of the electronic pen in his hand slowly slides out,
while in the shrine on the top floor, the joints of a wooden puppet in a suit
click softly as a new cycle begins.
