Volume One: Unspeakable Chapter Six: It's Fated
A young novice monk led the Stone Monkey down and respectfully guided him to bathe and change clothes, before arranging for him to stay in a side room of the Zen temple. The Stone Monkey had never before been so attended to, and while the monkeys of Flower Fruit Mountain had shown him a respectful deference, how could they comprehend such human formalities? Naturally, it was also the first time since the Stone Monkey came into this world that he had stayed in a proper house, surrounded by ancient-looking tables, chairs, beds, and cabinets, causing a surge of emotion in his heart: Indeed, the encounters in life are unpredictable, a single thought may just be a whole world.
