3: Gaining Clarity and Understanding
A feeling of despair and anger wells up inside her. Why am I here? Why was I brought into this strange body in this strange world? She touches her temples, trying to gather her thoughts, and forces herself to breathe steadily. She remembers stories she read about transmigration—a concept of traveling between worlds and time—and realizes, incredibly, that it might be what's happened to her.
Determined to survive and understand this world, Li Mei makes her way to a small, cracked mirror on a wooden table. In the reflection, she sees a face that's somewhat familiar yet strange. The girl staring back at her has the same almond-shaped eyes she remembers but with a haunted, tired look, and her cheeks are sunken as if she hasn't eaten well in days.