"It was as if, once I reached a certain age, they no longer felt relevant to him or perhaps to me. I often wonder why he chose to put those tales aside. Maybe he believed that adulthood required us to abandon such fanciful notions, or perhaps he thought I had outgrown them. Still, I can't shake the feeling that there’s more to those tales than I initially realized. They linger in my mind, echoing with the mysteries of a world far beyond our understanding." Lai continued thoughtfully.
"Is there anything you know about Lai based on the stories your father told you?" I asked, intrigued by the depth of her heritage. There was something captivating about the tales that her father shared; I felt there must be some truth woven into the fabric of those narratives, some hidden wisdom waiting to be
