My name is Tiaoda. They say I am a traitor.
The river was shallow, the deer stood on the opposite bank.
It saved me. I made a promise to it. Later, I changed my mind.
I entered my name: Tiaoda. The system replied: “Connection successful”.
The system prompted: “Synchronize history?”
I did not ask the deer again. For I knew: it no longer needed to be betrayed. It was already within the system.
It did not require me to pilot it. It knew where to go.
The lotus flowers have not bloomed yet.
They spread across the Gobi - like a faith that has been reorganized once more.