After the Ritual Is Complete

Straightforward blurb: I truly got to know my mother, An Jia, on a gloomy afternoon. She was lying in a hospital bed, hoping I would go to Kelper and find my long-missing father. By then, winter was almost over. The shadows in the room swallowed the dog, just as I left An Jia. The give-up-and-go-with-the-flow version: (1) Kelper is a small town built around a round lake. Since there is only one lake here, the lake is simply called "the lake." It has no other meaning; it is just "the lake." (2) Kelper is also a lake. (3) My mother, An Jia, died. Before she passed away, she told me that my father was someone in Kelper, and she hoped I would fulfill her wish. (4) An Jia loves me very much. (5) Kelper hates me. (6) The dog is not Kelper. (7) The dog cannot love me. (8) The dog is not a dog. (9) "I" am not me. (10) I am Del Rale's friend. (11) I am Su Anna. Theme: Never forget your original aspiration