<em>the moon at night/ half in shadow, half in light.</em><br/><br/>She didn't know it, but the worst moment Wang Xiaoxing's mortal life was going to be this very day. There was no omen of ill fortune, neither grand nor small.<br/><br/>Just the same winds as blew on her yesterday, and the day before that, and the day before that. The same sun that had given light and life since before human history.<br/><br/>In short, the iron hand about to come down upon her would be a surprise, as the party wanted it.<br/><br/><em>Three is for a mortal life/ born to live and die in strife.</em>