Give a departed furry friend a dignified funeral, and I can inherit its abilities: a cat's lightness, a dog's nose, an old stray dog's immortality.
Shen Shi runs a pet funeral home. By day, he lays animals to rest; at night, he listens to the things they never got to say.
An old country dog wants one more meal with its owner. An old stray dog only wants someone to remember that it existed. A stolen orange cat can't let go of the children at the orphanage.
Behind every request is an ordinary person who never got to say a proper goodbye.
But as the pages of the bestiary light up one by one, all that unspoken love becomes power in his hands.
It isn't until someone starts stealing spirit marks that he understands: there are people in this world who covet those markings. Don't let them get close.
