Xue Meng giggles as he runs after a peacock feather, his robes much too big for him. He's so preoccupied with it, that he doesn't realise that he's strayed away from the path, and the rest of his family. By the time that he does, it's starting to go dark...

Just then, Xue Meng hears an eerie voice call out to him, and the tiny boy finds himself following it... It leads him to a glowing white barrier, beyond which it goes misty and grey.

Xue Meng: "Umm... Shizun...? Ran-gege?... Where are you?"

The barrier seems to draw him towards it, and he's almost mesmerized by it... He reaches out a tiny hand, still utterly swamped in fabric from his robes, and brushes his hand against it. It feels cold and warm at the same time, and shimmers as he touches it. He giggles.

Xue Meng: "Ooh... Shiny..."

He brings his thumb up to his mouth and sucks on it as he stares at the barrier, entranced...