The inkstone was engraved with "The rain falls silently, but the book has a path", and she took it away.
Buried under the crabapple tree was a letter written to a thousand years later, and she received it.
"If you ever read it - it will be like we have spoken again."
Once the book is repaired, the person will still be there.
What she studied was never just books, but the echoes hidden between the pages that lasted so long that they spanned time.
Purpose: Paper has a life span of thousands of years, and books can be passed down to generations. Cultivating books is like cultivating the mind, and protecting books is like protecting people.