At the end of the old dynasty, war fires buried the one he loved.
One died, his soul scattered. The other stood alone and offered himself as a sacrifice, all to find the three remnants of his beloved's soul...
In one life, he drifted through a world in chaos. His soul inhabited the body of an actor on the opera stage. As the land fell into turmoil, the smoke and bustle of the stage concealed his longing. Carrying a heart full of love that had endured across lifetimes, he went to meet someone he had never met before. Strangers came to know one another, and embraced amid the chaos as their love took root and spread through the smoke of war. But before their deep love could reach its end, the moment they held each other, his beloved turned into a sky full of scattered starlight...
His next return to the mortal world was in a modern age filled with the warmth of everyday life.
A criminal investigator and a taciturn forensic pathologist had little to do with each other as colleagues, until a string of murders bound them tightly together. In mortal danger, he took a blade meant for the other and guarded him with his life. Amid the cold routine of solving cases, love quietly blossomed. On a sunset beach, in the softness of the evening breeze, a brief, warm moment spent hand in hand drew to a close...
The final leg was a cage of confinement and confrontation.
Bound by the constraints of an experiment, researcher and test subject began as enemies, trapped by suspicion and conflict. Through their long time together, prejudice crumbled and hatred melted away. In the cold laboratory, a love of the utmost tenderness took root...
Three lives of wandering, three meetings and three partings, until all three traces of his soul were restored.
He crossed mountains and rivers for thousands of miles, enduring the joys and sorrows of three lifetimes.
At last, starlight across the heavens followed the threads of fate back to him. After year upon year of parting, they finally reunited. This time, the land was at peace and the years were calm, and at last he found the happiness of a lifetime in his beloved's arms.
"Eons apart, I wander worlds to mend your fragmented soul."
"Second Encounter"
Theme: Only after enduring partings do we understand how to cherish one another. Acceptance and steadfastness can overcome every divide and regret.
