The City – First Encounter

Hana walks through foggy streets crowded with shadows. The city feels like an old market built from dreams:– Shops with no names but full of nostalgic scents.– Spirits dressed in strange clothes pushing handcarts.– Lamps that glow and fade with each breath.
And then, suddenly…
A girl.
About Hana’s height—maybe a little taller. Dressed in black and red. Holding a black umbrella, though there’s no rain. She’s standing by a wall, high above, watching everything. She looks at Hana for a few seconds—then… she smiles.
A strange smile. Not mocking, not purely kind. A smile that says, “So, you finally came.”
Then, like lightning, she runs.
Hana follows. The girl slips through the crowd, jumps, opens her umbrella, climbs. Toward a silver-colored river under a full moon.
On the bridge, by the railing, she leans forward.
Hana, out of breath, catches up. Without turning, the girl says:– “You thought you were the only one who wanted to jump?”
Silence.
Then, facing Hana, she closes her umbrella and says:– “But I still have things to do. And so do you. Let me help, but know this… everything starts with one answer.”
Hana asks:– “What answer?”
The girl looks at her. Says:– “Why are you still alive?”