After a while, Wang Jun's turn came at last. He waited patiently until no one left except himself and his companion.
"Master Wang," Nüwa called him before he began the initiation test. "Remember what your mother once told you."
'Your heart shall not waver.'
"Yes, I remember it completely."
Hence, Wang Jun and Mei Lan solemnly stood before the signboard, holding each other's hands tightly, declaring to the whole world that they shall not be separated by any means.
Soon, the enigmatic letters turned upside down, creating abstract images that tell the tales from eons past.
I will not have you without the darkness that hides within you. I shall not take you in without the madness that made me who I am.
Like a sparrow who stood still, alone amidst the rain, bathing itself with the agony of this world, one shall not be deterred by the remorse that weighed their shoulders.
