Chapter Three: Whose Face Did the Moon Borrow?

Later, those who controlled the ritual began deciding who would be mayor, who would inherit guilt, and who would be forgotten. "Lu Bainian is not one person," Gu Linchuan said. "It is an identity passed down through seven generations. Zhou Jibai carried it briefly tonight." Shen Wu remembered the old eyes in her friend's young face. "Why did Wen Mo help you?" "She is my sister and the Keeper of Names. Someone must remember every original identity or the town becomes a crowd of shells without pasts. We performed tonight to wake everyone." "They all forgot." "Because we finished only half the song. The final line requires your answer."