{ "dataList": [ { "id": 0, "content": "Hm..." }, { "id": 1, "content": "A stroll in the City streets is a rare affair indeed." }, { "id": 2, "content": "This walk, the sun shining on my shoulders, conveys an unfamiliar sensation; days upon days I have spent in the archives, poring over volumes of books—the last time I saw any semblance of proper sunlight was on the day of my move up to Section 3, when my personal belongings were to be transferred to the new quarters." }, { "id": 3, "content": "If it were not for my colleagues pushing me outside in hopes of allowing me to bathe in the breeze and the sun, today would not have been a day of any significance." }, { "id": 4, "content": "Yet, well... this is quite pleasant, now that I am here." }, { "id": 5, "content": "The details of the surrounding hectic bustle fade into the background, becoming nothing more than white noise for me to focus entirely on text, enhancing my focus." }, { "id": 6, "content": "And, hm... how delightful it is, the flavor that infused this tea... Perhaps I will make a note of it to the Association to place them within our building." }, { "id": 7, "content": "The sky, though its tall and crisp blue but a reminder that it is all but a facsimile and a lie, brings a gentle and pleasant breeziness to my heart." }, { "id": 8, "content": "Much there have been to be gained from this excursion, given that it was a coercion that which pushed me to venture." }, { "id": 9, "content": "Perhaps this may be an opportunity to grow amiable to the unfamiliar; a learning experience this may become." }, { "id": 10, "content": "... Yet it may be a while afore I become eased into the activity of chattering and skittering about with one's colleagues." }, { "id": 11, "content": "I am not an unsocial creature by nature, yet I have remained skulking in the archives as long as I have been a member of the Association." }, { "id": 12, "content": "Like... a fool." }, { "id": 13, "content": "I believed ascension to higher stations achievable only by delving deep into volumes upon volumes of manuals and training my body." }, { "id": 14, "content": "... Yet I remained in Section 4 for a long while, denied from the much-wanted mobility of status." }, { "id": 15, "content": "My operation was formed on the incorrect proposition that the flame may grow by merely improving the firewood, failing to realize that flame cannot grow on its own." }, { "id": 16, "content": "On second thought, perhaps this is why the knifehand(手刀) techniques were taught in Section 4 of the South, to assist one in understanding this truth." }, { "id": 17, "content": "I initially failed to understand the bizarre notion that my hands were to be used like blades;" }, { "id": 18, "content": "Yet, once my mind was freed from this limiting obstinacy, once it accepted that flame burns greater not in isolation but in collection, I could rise to Section 3." }, { "id": 19, "content": "... Now, I wield a flaming sword." }, { "id": 20, "content": "Tongues of fire, wreathing the blade, licks and burns the air; in contact, it burns our foes with utter ease." }, { "id": 21, "content": "I know that the technology that enables this is a culmination of the works of countless Workshops that shaped today's Liu weaponry." }, { "id": 22, "content": "Liu's flame. Its spark handily lit by all, yet catches fire only for those who understand it." }, { "id": 23, "content": "This is the truth for all of Liu's standard equipment; flame-wreathed weaponry of the Liu are known for their ease of use, yet to wield them to their fullest extent, a deeper understanding is necessary." }, { "id": 24, "content": "It can be traced back to the gloves of Section 6, and as the arsenal grows, so does the appreciation for the 'togetherness'; then, those who reach Section 1 would find their understanding complete. Such must be the philosophy behind such an approach." }, { "id": 25, "content": "Those who stand alone with the flaming sword are soon left with naught to burn, their spark and embers darkened;" }, { "id": 26, "content": "Yet those who stand together, though they may wield blades of wood, may become a great bonfire that bursts with sparks of their fellows." }, { "id": 27, "content": "This is why I have requested to be dispatched eastward." }, { "id": 28, "content": "Though the martial forms, traditions, and the disparity between Sections may differ by region..." }, { "id": 29, "content": "... should I find where and how the cores of Liu's philosophy, camaraderie and warmth, have settled..." }, { "id": 30, "content": "... and should I learn how one converses and grows their understanding of their fellows... I should find myself moving forward." }, { "id": 31, "content": "And, in that process..." }, { "id": 32, "content": "... I will learn how one might grow closer to the fellows of my Section, those who have pushed me to live this day." } ] }