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When he returns home, he argues with his older sister; she gives him a whistle left from their parents. As curiosity about the outside world intertwines with isolation and the pain of loss, the chapter ties into a sorrowful farewell and an apology.","key_events":["The siblings are warned that nothing in the world is free, using the name Eden, and that gifts should not be mistaken for kindness.","The older sister gives her younger brother a whistle left by their parents, promising to come to him wherever she is if he blows it in danger.","River, the older sister, dies; her sibling recounts blowing the whistle repeatedly but she never came, and feels that living in silence afterward is a punishment.","The siblings leave the mountains and beg for help in the village below, but are shunned as man-eating mountain folk and denied a healer.","A boy gathers yasa flowers for a magic-using man, earning enough money for meat; the man gives him a gift before dismissing him.","The boy returns home boasting of his earnings; his older sister scolds him and orders him to return the money in the morning."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"WOW, THAT MAGIC NEVER STOPS AMAZING ME.\nCAN I LEARN IT TOO?\nIT'D MAKE HARVESTING SO MUCH EASIER.\nYOU'VE BEEN A GREAT HELP TO ME, KID.\n\nBEEN?\nYOU'RE TALKING LIKE THIS IS THE END.\nI'VE GOT MORE THAN ENOUGH FLOWERS NOW.\nWON'T YOU NEED MORE IF YOU'RE USING THEM TO COAT WEAPONS?\n\nIT'S FINE. YOU'VE ALREADY DONE MORE THAN YOUR SHARE.\nTHAT'S A SHAME. I'VE BEEN BUYING DELICIOUS MEAT\nWITH THE MONEY YOU'VE PAID ME FOR THE FLOWERS.\n\nMEAT? DO YOU WANT TO EAT MORE?\nTHE VILLAGE BELOW SHOULD PAY YOU A GOOD PRICE FOR THIS.\nYOU'RE\nGIVING ALL OF THIS TO ME?\n\nTHIS IS NOTHING COM- PARED TO HOW MUCH YOU'VE HELPED ME.\nTAKE CARE.\nI HOPE THERE ARE MANY MORE GOOD DAYS AHEAD OF YOU.\n\nI'm back~\n\nWHAT?\nWHERE DID YOU-\n\nUGH!\n\nCOME ON, KICKING ME IS...\nLET'S AGREE ON ONE KICK A DAY...\n\nI-I GOT THESE FROM WORKING.\nI EARNED THEM FAIR AND SQUARE.\n\nEVER SINCE MOM AND DAD DIED, WE'VE BEEN EATING NOTHING BUT WEEDS.\nWITH THIS MONEY, WE COULD KEEP EATING ME-\nRIGHT.\n\nI'VE ALREADY LOST OUR PARENTS.\nWHO ELSE AM I SUPPOSED TO LOSE?\nYOU'RE NEVER GOING TO LISTEN TO ME ANYWAY.\n\nIF ANYTHING EVER HAPPENS, WHEREVER YOU ARE, BLOW THIS IMMEDIATELY.\nTHIS IS YOURS, SIS.\nWHY ME...?\n\nIT ACTUALLY BELONGED TO OUR PARENTS.\nALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS BLOW IT.\n\nIF I HEAR IT, I'LL COME TO YOU NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE.\nTAKE THIS BACK TO ITS OWNER FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING.\nHUH? BUT...!\nEDEN.\n\nNOTHING IN THIS WORLD COMES WITHOUT A PRICE. ESPECIALLY WHEN SOMEONE ELSE GIVES IT TO YOU.\nSO DON'T JUST ASSUME IT'S KINDNESS AND ACCEPT IT.\nI'M SAYING THERE'S A REASON HE GAVE YOU THIS MUCH.\n\nBUT I EARNED IT BY GATHERING YASHA FLOWERS FOR HIM...\nUGH, PLEASE LET THAT MISTER BE GONE BY NOW.\nTHEN I CAN JUST KEEP I-\n\nHM?\n\nHUH...?\n\n...MISTER?\nI WANTED TO KNOW.\n\nWHAT THE WORLD THAT CONFINED US TO THESE MOUNTAINS\nAND KEPT US ISOLATED FOREVER\n\nACTUALLY LOOKED LIKE.\n\nWHETHER THERE WAS TRULY NO WAY\n\nTO OVERCOME THE FEAR WE HELD TOWARD THE OUTSIDE WORLD.\n\nBUT...\n\nH-HELP...\nPLEASE HELP ME...!\n\nS-SOMEONE GET A PHYSICIAN...!\nA PHYSICIAN, PLEASE!\n\nHEY, THEY'RE MOUNTAIN FOLK.\nTHE ONES THEY SAY EAT PEOPLE.\nLET'S NOT GET INVOLVED.\nAH...\nAAH...\n\nPLEASE...\nTHERE'S SOMEONE HERE...\n\nJUST... HOLD ON A LITTLE LONGER, SIS.\nJUST A LITTLE FARTHER AND WE CAN ASK FOR HELP...\n\nAH...\nN-NO...\n...SIS. GET ON MY BACK.\nCOME ON, GET BACK ON MY BACK, OKAY?\nN-NO NO NO...\n\nNO.\nNOOO!\nYOU DIED.\n\nCOULD A DEATH LIKE THAT\nREALLY BE DISMISSED AS SOMEONE THAT SIMPLY HAPPENED?\nYOU SAID WHENEVER THE WHISTLE SOUNDED,\n\nYOU'D ALWAYS BE THERE AT THE END OF IT,\nBUT NO MATTER HOW MUCH I BLEW IT,\nYOU NEVER CAME AGAIN.\nIF OUR SETTLEMENT HADN'T BEEN ISOLATED,\nWOULD EVEN YOUR DEATH, LIKE THOSE OF OUR ANCESTORS,\n\nHAVE BEEN QUIETLY BURIED WITHIN THESE MOUNTAINS?\nAN INNOCENT DEATH THAT DESERVED TO BE KNOWN.\n\nLIVING ON IN SILENCE ATOP THAT DEATH\nFELT LIKE NOTHING BUT PUNISHMENT.\n\n...I'M SORRY.\nI'M SORRY, RIVER.\n\nIT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME,\n\nI SHOULD BE THE ONE TO PAY THE PRICE FOR MY CURIOSITY.","bubble_count":94,"pages_count":39,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"A boy who harvests with magic gathers yasa flowers to coat weapons and earns money to buy meat in return.","spoiler_summary":"A boy who harvests with magic gathers yasa flowers to coat weapons and earns money to buy meat in return. 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