The reason I ran to the mountains wasn’t that grand.

It was simply because of comparisons with my cousins and friends around me.

The pressure from academics that followed.

It wasn’t exactly ordinary, but neither were the stories particularly rare.

The young Sanya wasn’t pure. Rather, there were things I had learned by observing others.

There’s a saying, right? People always wear masks.

Sanya just learned that when I was young.

Before I ran to the mountains, I had been wearing a mask regularly. Even when I met my teacher.

"...So, what exactly are you trying to say?"

"Just that... …