"Master, what is reincarnation?" I asked the master.
"Have you seen this stream?" The master picked up two stones and threw them into the stream.
"Have you seen these ripples? That's reincarnation. The intersection of two ripples is the meeting of two destined people."
"Ah, master, what about the people on the shore?" I asked anxiously.
"Yeah, what should I do..." The master lowered his eyes, his brown eyes bottomless under the long eyelashes.
Whether I was in Chang'an, the deep palace of the Western Regions, or the bandits' den, I would always think of these words and the master's faint helpless smile.