Neelam’s Return | A Spiritual Tale of Ghostly Love and Redemption | Ksitigarbha Tales
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[{'start': '0.160', 'end': '4.359', 'text': "Nam's return, a spiritual tale of ghost"}, {'start': '3.360', 'end': '7.120', 'text': 'love and'}, {'start': '4.359', 'end': '9.840', 'text': 'redemption. In a slum beside an ancient'}, {'start': '7.120', 'end': '11.080', 'text': 'city worn pale by time, lived a young'}, {'start': '9.840', 'end': '13.679', 'text': 'man named'}, {'start': '11.080', 'end': '15.560', 'text': 'Shrior. People called him the mechanic'}, {'start': '13.679', 'end': '18.000', 'text': 'of shadows, not because he was'}, {'start': '15.560', 'end': '20.240', 'text': 'secretive, but because he often worked'}, {'start': '18.000', 'end': '22.240', 'text': 'deep into the night when the streets'}, {'start': '20.240', 'end': '24.240', 'text': 'were lit only by flickering lamps and'}, {'start': '22.240', 'end': '25.640', 'text': 'the chirp of crickets mingled with the'}, {'start': '24.240', 'end': '29.599', 'text': 'size of broken'}, {'start': '25.640', 'end': '33.840', 'text': "engines. Shri Yar wasn't anyone special."}, {'start': '29.599', 'end': '35.920', 'text': 'He was poorer. He lost his father early.'}, {'start': '33.840', 'end': '38.879', 'text': 'He had five younger siblings and an'}, {'start': '35.920', 'end': '41.280', 'text': 'aging mother still in mourning. Every'}, {'start': '38.879', 'end': '43.520', 'text': 'morning before dawn, he left home'}, {'start': '41.280', 'end': '45.920', 'text': 'without breakfast, walking through'}, {'start': '43.520', 'end': '49.039', 'text': 'rusted fences and overgrown shrubs to'}, {'start': '45.920', 'end': '51.280', 'text': 'the repair shop. There was no sign on'}, {'start': '49.039', 'end': '54.320', 'text': 'the door, and the owner was infamous'}, {'start': '51.280', 'end': '56.920', 'text': 'stingy and sourteered, so much so that'}, {'start': '54.320', 'end': '60.960', 'text': 'even stray dogs gave the place a wide'}, {'start': '56.920', 'end': '63.440', 'text': 'birth. But Shri Yar never complained. In'}, {'start': '60.960', 'end': '65.360', 'text': 'his sunken, sleep-deprived eyes'}, {'start': '63.440', 'end': '67.200', 'text': 'flickered a quiet light, the kind born'}, {'start': '65.360', 'end': '69.840', 'text': 'from carrying a burden greater than'}, {'start': '67.200', 'end': '73.200', 'text': 'survival itself. A belief that if he'}, {'start': '69.840', 'end': '76.240', 'text': "didn't give up, maybe, just maybe,"}, {'start': '73.200', 'end': '79.680', 'text': 'things would change. He never refused'}, {'start': '76.240', 'end': '82.320', 'text': 'any task, changing oil, scraping rust,'}, {'start': '79.680', 'end': '84.720', 'text': 'sewing seat covers, even mopping the'}, {'start': '82.320', 'end': '86.640', 'text': 'floor when the boss barked.'}, {'start': '84.720', 'end': '87.479', 'text': 'Every coin he earned was a dinner for'}, {'start': '86.640', 'end': '91.200', 'text': 'his'}, {'start': '87.479', 'end': '94.479', 'text': 'siblings. But he never begged. Not until'}, {'start': '91.200', 'end': '97.799', 'text': 'that night. That night, hunger had'}, {'start': '94.479', 'end': '100.640', 'text': 'crossed the line. Their rice jar was'}, {'start': '97.799', 'end': '103.920', 'text': 'empty. Shri Yar bowed before the boss'}, {'start': '100.640', 'end': '108.320', 'text': 'and whispered. "Sir, could I please'}, {'start': '103.920', 'end': '111.200', 'text': 'borrow a few coins? Just this once? I'}, {'start': '108.320', 'end': '114.240', 'text': 'swear I\'ll work double tomorrow." The'}, {'start': '111.200', 'end': '117.360', 'text': "boss didn't even look up. You already"}, {'start': '114.240', 'end': '120.680', 'text': "begged last week. I've docked your pay"}, {'start': '117.360', 'end': '123.759', 'text': "this month. Don't mistake me for a"}, {'start': '120.680', 'end': '126.159', 'text': 'charity. Shri Yar lowered his head,'}, {'start': '123.759', 'end': '127.399', 'text': 'swallowed his tears, and walked out'}, {'start': '126.159', 'end': '130.520', 'text': 'quiet as'}, {'start': '127.399', 'end': '133.280', 'text': 'always. But tonight, the cold bit'}, {'start': '130.520', 'end': '136.239', 'text': 'deeper. The wind felt like it clawed at'}, {'start': '133.280', 'end': '138.720', 'text': 'his skin. And the road home through the'}, {'start': '136.239', 'end': '141.520', 'text': 'small forest and past the old graveyard'}, {'start': '138.720', 'end': '144.560', 'text': 'carried a strange and eerie weight.'}, {'start': '141.520', 'end': '146.680', 'text': 'There in the ancient cemetery, beneath'}, {'start': '144.560', 'end': '149.640', 'text': 'fog that clung like the last breath of'}, {'start': '146.680', 'end': '153.519', 'text': 'incense, sat a lone car under the'}, {'start': '149.640', 'end': '155.680', 'text': 'moonlight. Shri Yar froze. No one used'}, {'start': '153.519', 'end': '157.480', 'text': 'this path at night, let alone stopped in'}, {'start': '155.680', 'end': '160.480', 'text': 'the heart of a forgotten'}, {'start': '157.480', 'end': '164.800', 'text': 'graveyard. Suddenly, a figure appeared'}, {'start': '160.480', 'end': '167.959', 'text': 'beside the car. A girl. She wore a long'}, {'start': '164.800', 'end': '170.720', 'text': 'black dress. Her hair flowed to her'}, {'start': '167.959', 'end': '173.840', 'text': 'waist. Her eyes, wide and deep, seemed'}, {'start': '170.720', 'end': '176.720', 'text': 'to hold an entire winter inside them.'}, {'start': '173.840', 'end': '179.160', 'text': 'She stood there, fearless, like the'}, {'start': '176.720', 'end': '183.280', 'text': 'cemetery itself had grown around her'}, {'start': '179.160', 'end': '186.879', 'text': 'bones. "Could you help me?" she asked.'}, {'start': '183.280', 'end': '189.040', 'text': '"My car won\'t start." Her voice was soft'}, {'start': '186.879', 'end': '192.720', 'text': 'as the wind and fragrant like a nameless'}, {'start': '189.040', 'end': '196.560', 'text': 'flower Shary had only smelled in dreams.'}, {'start': '192.720', 'end': '200.120', 'text': 'He blinked. His heart skipped a beat.'}, {'start': '196.560', 'end': '204.080', 'text': "I'm a mechanic, he said, steadying his"}, {'start': '200.120', 'end': '207.200', 'text': "voice. Let me take a look. He didn't ask"}, {'start': '204.080', 'end': '209.959', 'text': "why she was here alone. He didn't ask"}, {'start': '207.200', 'end': '213.120', 'text': 'how she could look so hauntingly'}, {'start': '209.959', 'end': '215.360', 'text': 'beautiful. He simply worked, trying not'}, {'start': '213.120', 'end': '217.120', 'text': 'to let his eyes rest on her face where'}, {'start': '215.360', 'end': '220.799', 'text': 'moonlight spilled like white honey'}, {'start': '217.120', 'end': '224.159', 'text': 'across her skin. Within minutes, the car'}, {'start': '220.799', 'end': '226.080', 'text': 'roared back to life. She smiled and it'}, {'start': '224.159', 'end': '230.319', 'text': 'felt like warm nectar poured straight'}, {'start': '226.080', 'end': '232.680', 'text': 'into his spine. Thank you. Do you want a'}, {'start': '230.319', 'end': '236.920', 'text': 'ride home? He'}, {'start': '232.680', 'end': '240.159', 'text': 'hesitated. The road was long. He was'}, {'start': '236.920', 'end': '242.239', 'text': 'exhausted. And she though strange'}, {'start': '240.159', 'end': '245.920', 'text': 'radiated something not dangerous but'}, {'start': '242.239', 'end': '250.000', 'text': "profoundly sad. Yes, if it's not a"}, {'start': '245.920', 'end': '252.239', 'text': 'bother, he replied, avoiding her eyes.'}, {'start': '250.000', 'end': '255.040', 'text': 'On the drive, her scent turned the'}, {'start': '252.239', 'end': '258.720', 'text': 'airdream like. When they reached his'}, {'start': '255.040', 'end': '263.600', 'text': 'alley, she handed him a bundle of money.'}, {'start': '258.720', 'end': '265.800', 'text': "Your payment? No, I can't accept that. I"}, {'start': '263.600', 'end': '268.440', 'text': 'was just helping someone who needed'}, {'start': '265.800', 'end': '271.919', 'text': 'help. She gave a sad'}, {'start': '268.440', 'end': '274.560', 'text': 'smile. But you need it? And before he'}, {'start': '271.919', 'end': '276.560', 'text': 'could refuse, she pushed the money into'}, {'start': '274.560', 'end': '278.800', 'text': 'his hand and drove away, leaving behind'}, {'start': '276.560', 'end': '280.240', 'text': 'a trail of fragrance like a whispered'}, {'start': '278.800', 'end': '283.120', 'text': 'blessing.'}, {'start': '280.240', 'end': '287.440', 'text': 'That night, Shary placed the money into'}, {'start': '283.120', 'end': '289.840', 'text': "his mother's hand. She didn't ask. She"}, {'start': '287.440', 'end': '292.080', 'text': 'simply cried not for the money, but for'}, {'start': '289.840', 'end': '295.680', 'text': 'the purity her son had preserved in the'}, {'start': '292.080', 'end': '297.440', 'text': 'face of such cruel poverty. What Shary'}, {'start': '295.680', 'end': '300.080', 'text': "didn't know was that from the moment he"}, {'start': '297.440', 'end': '303.040', 'text': "touched that girl's hand, his fate no"}, {'start': '300.080', 'end': '305.120', 'text': 'longer belonged to this world. Three'}, {'start': '303.040', 'end': '308.320', 'text': 'days passed like gray clouds slipping'}, {'start': '305.120', 'end': '311.039', 'text': 'over a leaky rooftop. Since the night he'}, {'start': '308.320', 'end': '312.800', 'text': 'met the strange girl, Shri Yar noticed'}, {'start': '311.039', 'end': '315.520', 'text': 'the world around him beginning to'}, {'start': '312.800', 'end': '319.479', 'text': 'change, not with fireworks, but with the'}, {'start': '315.520', 'end': '322.440', 'text': 'softest of shifts. The house felt'}, {'start': '319.479', 'end': '325.520', 'text': 'warmer. His siblings laughter sounded'}, {'start': '322.440', 'end': '328.000', 'text': 'fuller, and his mother, for the first'}, {'start': '325.520', 'end': '331.039', 'text': 'time in months, stared at the meal'}, {'start': '328.000', 'end': '335.520', 'text': 'without sighing. When he asked her about'}, {'start': '331.039', 'end': '337.840', 'text': 'it, she replied softly, "My son, since'}, {'start': '335.520', 'end': '340.280', 'text': "that night, I've been finding small"}, {'start': '337.840', 'end': '343.840', 'text': 'stacks of money under your pillow each'}, {'start': '340.280', 'end': '347.759', 'text': "morning. I don't know who's leaving it."}, {'start': '343.840', 'end': '351.840', 'text': 'But maybe heaven is watching." Shri Yar'}, {'start': '347.759', 'end': '354.880', 'text': "stood still. He hadn't done that. No one"}, {'start': '351.840', 'end': '356.960', 'text': 'in the house could have. It felt as if'}, {'start': '354.880', 'end': '360.000', 'text': 'an invisible hand, silent and tender,'}, {'start': '356.960', 'end': '363.680', 'text': 'was holding them all up. On the fourth'}, {'start': '360.000', 'end': '366.160', 'text': "night, he left work late. The sky wasn't"}, {'start': '363.680', 'end': '368.080', 'text': 'raining, but it was cold, cold, like a'}, {'start': '366.160', 'end': '370.960', 'text': 'blizzard had just swept through the soul'}, {'start': '368.080', 'end': '373.759', 'text': 'of the city. As he walked past the'}, {'start': '370.960', 'end': '377.440', 'text': 'cemetery and the silent woods, it felt'}, {'start': '373.759', 'end': '380.440', 'text': 'like someone was calling his name. Then'}, {'start': '377.440', 'end': '383.840', 'text': 'that scent returned.'}, {'start': '380.440', 'end': '385.919', 'text': 'unmistakable. A scent not of this earth.'}, {'start': '383.840', 'end': '388.639', 'text': 'A fragrance that made you forget where'}, {'start': '385.919', 'end': '392.880', 'text': 'you were going, who you were, and what'}, {'start': '388.639', 'end': '395.280', 'text': 'mattered in this life. Shri Yar stopped'}, {'start': '392.880', 'end': '398.520', 'text': 'amid the tree. Branches tangled like dry'}, {'start': '395.280', 'end': '402.240', 'text': 'bones. She stood, her hair darker than'}, {'start': '398.520', 'end': '405.919', 'text': 'night, her eyes soaked in sorrow, her'}, {'start': '402.240', 'end': '409.000', 'text': 'dress trailing like mist. you. You were'}, {'start': '405.919', 'end': '412.479', 'text': 'waiting for me," he asked,'}, {'start': '409.000', 'end': '416.720', 'text': 'uncertain. She smiled. "It wasn\'t a'}, {'start': '412.479', 'end': '418.800', 'text': 'hopeful smile, nor was it sad." It was'}, {'start': '416.720', 'end': '423.000', 'text': 'the smile of a wound long healed over'}, {'start': '418.800', 'end': '428.319', 'text': 'ancient skin. "You came. I knew you'}, {'start': '423.000', 'end': '430.759', 'text': 'would. What? What\'s your name?" Nam. The'}, {'start': '428.319', 'end': '433.520', 'text': 'name shattered into the air like an old'}, {'start': '430.759', 'end': '436.479', 'text': 'spell, like a stone falling into an'}, {'start': '433.520', 'end': '439.880', 'text': 'ancient well, a sound that carried'}, {'start': '436.479', 'end': '443.000', 'text': 'coldness with it. Who are you,'}, {'start': '439.880', 'end': '446.800', 'text': "Nam? I'm just someone with nowhere to"}, {'start': '443.000', 'end': '450.000', 'text': 'go. But if you like, I can take you to'}, {'start': '446.800', 'end': '452.319', 'text': "my home. Shri Yar didn't know what drew"}, {'start': '450.000', 'end': '454.080', 'text': 'him in her eyes, her voice, or the'}, {'start': '452.319', 'end': '457.800', 'text': 'perfume that wrapped around the road'}, {'start': '454.080', 'end': '460.840', 'text': 'like a dream. He nodded like a man'}, {'start': '457.800', 'end': '463.680', 'text': 'sleepwalking. She led him down unnamed'}, {'start': '460.840', 'end': '466.639', 'text': 'turns across a dry stream with bones'}, {'start': '463.680', 'end': '469.520', 'text': 'white stones through bushes that had'}, {'start': '466.639', 'end': '471.919', 'text': 'died in a winter that never came.'}, {'start': '469.520', 'end': '474.479', 'text': 'Finally, they arrived at a crumbling'}, {'start': '471.919', 'end': '477.759', 'text': 'house, or rather the ruins of what once'}, {'start': '474.479', 'end': '481.759', 'text': 'might have been called a home. This is'}, {'start': '477.759', 'end': '484.680', 'text': "your house. She didn't answer, just"}, {'start': '481.759', 'end': '488.080', 'text': 'nodded slowly, eyes'}, {'start': '484.680', 'end': '494.560', 'text': "unblinking. How can you live here? It's"}, {'start': '488.080', 'end': '497.560', 'text': "so cold, so dead. I'm used to it. As"}, {'start': '494.560', 'end': '501.599', 'text': "long as someone listens to me, I'm not"}, {'start': '497.560', 'end': '503.520', 'text': 'cold. A part of Shri Yar wanted to run.'}, {'start': '501.599', 'end': '506.240', 'text': 'Every beat of his heart screamed that'}, {'start': '503.520', 'end': '509.199', 'text': "this place wasn't for the living. But"}, {'start': '506.240', 'end': '512.039', 'text': "Nam's eyes held him not with tears but"}, {'start': '509.199', 'end': '515.760', 'text': 'with something heavier. Eternal'}, {'start': '512.039', 'end': '518.880', 'text': 'loneliness. Who are you really? She'}, {'start': '515.760', 'end': '522.959', 'text': 'remained silent. Then placed her hand'}, {'start': '518.880', 'end': '527.040', 'text': 'over his chest. Can you hear that? Your'}, {'start': '522.959', 'end': '529.440', 'text': "heart is beating. It means you're alive."}, {'start': '527.040', 'end': '531.760', 'text': 'But living without being understood,'}, {'start': '529.440', 'end': '535.920', 'text': 'without being needed is no different'}, {'start': '531.760', 'end': '540.440', 'text': 'from death. You are you dead?'}, {'start': '535.920', 'end': '543.399', 'text': 'She shook her head, then nodded, then'}, {'start': '540.440', 'end': '546.640', 'text': "whispered. I don't know where I belong"}, {'start': '543.399', 'end': '548.800', 'text': 'anymore. That night, Shri Yar went home'}, {'start': '546.640', 'end': '549.959', 'text': 'with questions knotted in his chest like'}, {'start': '548.800', 'end': '553.760', 'text': 'tangled'}, {'start': '549.959', 'end': '557.399', 'text': 'threads. But he told no one, not even'}, {'start': '553.760', 'end': '560.720', 'text': 'his mother. And under his pillow, more'}, {'start': '557.399', 'end': '563.600', 'text': 'money. A few days later, he saw her'}, {'start': '560.720', 'end': '566.720', 'text': 'again, this time in the rain. She held'}, {'start': '563.600', 'end': '569.519', 'text': 'out an umbrella and said, "I knew you'}, {'start': '566.720', 'end': '570.519', 'text': "didn't have one. I've been waiting here"}, {'start': '569.519', 'end': '574.080', 'text': 'since'}, {'start': '570.519', 'end': '577.880', 'text': 'afternoon. She was soaked." Her eyes had'}, {'start': '574.080', 'end': '581.440', 'text': 'lost their spark, but the scent, it'}, {'start': '577.880', 'end': '584.480', 'text': 'lingered. He wanted to bring her home,'}, {'start': '581.440', 'end': '587.600', 'text': 'but she shook her head. "I can\'t step'}, {'start': '584.480', 'end': '591.279', 'text': 'into a place where the living are happy.'}, {'start': '587.600', 'end': '592.279', 'text': 'I just want to watch from afar." He'}, {'start': '591.279', 'end': '594.560', 'text': "didn't"}, {'start': '592.279', 'end': '597.760', 'text': 'understand, but something was growing'}, {'start': '594.560', 'end': '600.959', 'text': "inside him. Something he'd never named"}, {'start': '597.760', 'end': '603.040', 'text': "before, a tender sorrow. If you're still"}, {'start': '600.959', 'end': '605.839', 'text': 'watching this video and feel a sense of'}, {'start': '603.040', 'end': '608.120', 'text': 'compassion for Num, please comment the'}, {'start': '605.839', 'end': '611.360', 'text': "number seven below to let me know you're"}, {'start': '608.120', 'end': '613.680', 'text': "here. And if you haven't subscribed yet,"}, {'start': '611.360', 'end': '616.800', 'text': 'I truly encourage you to subscribe and'}, {'start': '613.680', 'end': '619.120', 'text': 'hit the bell so you never miss a story.'}, {'start': '616.800', 'end': '621.480', 'text': 'Your support helps us continue creating'}, {'start': '619.120', 'end': '624.480', 'text': 'meaningful content to inform and'}, {'start': '621.480', 'end': '626.480', 'text': 'inspire. Ever since that rainy night,'}, {'start': '624.480', 'end': '628.720', 'text': 'Shri Yar began to notice something'}, {'start': '626.480', 'end': '631.120', 'text': 'strange slipping into his daily rhythm,'}, {'start': '628.720', 'end': '634.480', 'text': 'like an old song suddenly replayed on an'}, {'start': '631.120', 'end': '636.800', 'text': 'instrument ever so slightly out of tune.'}, {'start': '634.480', 'end': '639.200', 'text': 'His dreams grew chaotic. Num standing'}, {'start': '636.800', 'end': '641.120', 'text': 'before a ruined temple. The moonlight'}, {'start': '639.200', 'end': '644.320', 'text': 'slicing through her hair like silver'}, {'start': '641.120', 'end': '647.279', 'text': 'blades. Her eyes void of pupils. Just'}, {'start': '644.320', 'end': '649.040', 'text': 'two dark wells pulling in all light.'}, {'start': '647.279', 'end': '652.000', 'text': 'Cats howled when he walked through the'}, {'start': '649.040', 'end': '654.240', 'text': 'alley at night. His youngest sibling'}, {'start': '652.000', 'end': '658.000', 'text': "mumbled in his sleep. She's so"}, {'start': '654.240', 'end': '661.120', 'text': 'beautiful, but she casts no shadow. And'}, {'start': '658.000', 'end': '661.959', 'text': 'yet during this time, his family grew'}, {'start': '661.120', 'end': '664.560', 'text': 'more'}, {'start': '661.959', 'end': '665.920', 'text': 'comfortable. The kitchen no longer felt'}, {'start': '664.560', 'end': '669.040', 'text': 'cold.'}, {'start': '665.920', 'end': '670.880', 'text': 'Their clothes smelled of wild flowers.'}, {'start': '669.040', 'end': '673.760', 'text': 'The money still appeared beneath his'}, {'start': '670.880', 'end': '675.600', 'text': 'pillow each morning. His mother no'}, {'start': '673.760', 'end': '678.120', 'text': 'longer questioned it. She began to'}, {'start': '675.600', 'end': '681.200', 'text': 'accept it as a sacred blessing from'}, {'start': '678.120', 'end': '684.519', 'text': 'heaven. One night, unable to bear the'}, {'start': '681.200', 'end': '686.880', 'text': 'gnawing turmoil inside, Shriar left the'}, {'start': '684.519', 'end': '689.480', 'text': 'house. He walked through the woods to'}, {'start': '686.880', 'end': '691.920', 'text': 'the old cemetery where he had first met'}, {'start': '689.480', 'end': '695.200', 'text': 'her. And just as his heart had'}, {'start': '691.920', 'end': '697.600', 'text': 'whispered, Nam was there. She was'}, {'start': '695.200', 'end': '700.320', 'text': 'sitting on a moss-covered stone, her'}, {'start': '697.600', 'end': '702.320', 'text': 'hair trailing to the ground, eyes gazing'}, {'start': '700.320', 'end': '705.519', 'text': 'into the distance as if speaking with'}, {'start': '702.320', 'end': '708.360', 'text': 'spirits in the wind. "I always know when'}, {'start': '705.519', 'end': '713.480', 'text': 'you\'re coming," she said without'}, {'start': '708.360', 'end': '718.959', 'text': 'turning. "What are you?" he asked. "A'}, {'start': '713.480', 'end': '722.240', 'text': 'spirit, a blessing, a curse, or are you'}, {'start': '718.959', 'end': '723.880', 'text': 'the one slowly taking my soul?" Nam'}, {'start': '722.240', 'end': '727.040', 'text': 'neither smiled nor'}, {'start': '723.880', 'end': '730.240', 'text': 'flinched. She slowly stood, her dress'}, {'start': '727.040', 'end': '734.720', 'text': 'sweeping the ground like mist. I am no'}, {'start': '730.240', 'end': '736.120', 'text': 'longer human, but not yet a demon. I am'}, {'start': '734.720', 'end': '739.360', 'text': 'someone who was'}, {'start': '736.120', 'end': '741.880', 'text': 'forgotten. Shri Yar clenched his fists,'}, {'start': '739.360', 'end': '745.440', 'text': 'his heartbeat pounding like a funeral'}, {'start': '741.880', 'end': '748.079', 'text': 'drum. Where did you come from? She'}, {'start': '745.440', 'end': '750.160', 'text': 'pointed into the deeper forest where an'}, {'start': '748.079', 'end': '751.360', 'text': 'old path curved toward a cracked stone'}, {'start': '750.160', 'end': '754.440', 'text': 'gate.'}, {'start': '751.360', 'end': '758.120', 'text': 'Tonight, if you have the courage, follow'}, {'start': '754.440', 'end': '760.480', 'text': 'me. I will show you everything. In'}, {'start': '758.120', 'end': '762.399', 'text': 'darkness, only those who dare to go'}, {'start': '760.480', 'end': '766.560', 'text': 'deeper will understand where the light'}, {'start': '762.399', 'end': '768.440', 'text': 'is born. Kittagarba Sutra commentary on'}, {'start': '766.560', 'end': '771.440', 'text': 'life, death, and'}, {'start': '768.440', 'end': '774.560', 'text': 'rebirth. Shary followed her like a man'}, {'start': '771.440', 'end': '776.560', 'text': 'walking into his own grave. The stone'}, {'start': '774.560', 'end': '779.680', 'text': 'gate creaked open with a sound like the'}, {'start': '776.560', 'end': '782.880', 'text': 'earth weeping. Beyond it lay an ancient'}, {'start': '779.680', 'end': '786.560', 'text': 'path speckled with old blood stains'}, {'start': '782.880', 'end': '788.959', 'text': 'leading to a crumbling house. This time'}, {'start': '786.560', 'end': '791.200', 'text': 'he could see it more clearly. Faint'}, {'start': '788.959', 'end': '793.760', 'text': 'handprints smeared on the walls,'}, {'start': '791.200', 'end': '797.760', 'text': 'whispers from the attic, and a single'}, {'start': '793.760', 'end': '800.959', 'text': 'candle burning upside down. Nam guided'}, {'start': '797.760', 'end': '803.519', 'text': 'him into the main room. Inside stood a'}, {'start': '800.959', 'end': '806.079', 'text': 'shrine veiled in red cloth, a mirror'}, {'start': '803.519', 'end': '808.160', 'text': 'that reflected no image, and a chest'}, {'start': '806.079', 'end': '810.120', 'text': 'bound by sacred white thread. The kind'}, {'start': '808.160', 'end': '813.959', 'text': 'used in soul banishing'}, {'start': '810.120', 'end': '817.519', 'text': 'rituals. This is where I once lived. Nam'}, {'start': '813.959', 'end': '820.560', 'text': "whispered where I died and where I've"}, {'start': '817.519', 'end': '823.600', 'text': 'never been able to leave. Shri Yar'}, {'start': '820.560', 'end': '825.600', 'text': 'stepped back. The scent of incense mixed'}, {'start': '823.600', 'end': '830.320', 'text': 'with something acrid hit his nose and'}, {'start': '825.600', 'end': '834.440', 'text': 'made him dizzy. You really died. Half of'}, {'start': '830.320', 'end': '837.600', 'text': 'me did. The other half was bound by a'}, {'start': '834.440', 'end': '840.240', 'text': 'curse. She looked up at him.'}, {'start': '837.600', 'end': '843.760', 'text': 'For the first time, her eyes were no'}, {'start': '840.240', 'end': '846.440', 'text': 'longer soft. They were deep like a chasm'}, {'start': '843.760', 'end': '849.920', 'text': 'held fire. I loved'}, {'start': '846.440', 'end': '852.839', 'text': 'someone, someone who betrayed me. He'}, {'start': '849.920', 'end': '856.399', 'text': 'bound my soul to this house to steal my'}, {'start': '852.839', 'end': '858.040', 'text': 'inheritance. I died in hatred. But when'}, {'start': '856.399', 'end': '860.560', 'text': 'I met you,'}, {'start': '858.040', 'end': '865.279', 'text': 'Shrior, I remembered what it meant to'}, {'start': '860.560', 'end': '868.720', 'text': 'forgive. Nam told her story word by word'}, {'start': '865.279', 'end': '871.160', 'text': 'as if peeling it from her very bones. I'}, {'start': '868.720', 'end': '873.839', 'text': 'was once the only daughter of a wealthy'}, {'start': '871.160', 'end': '876.320', 'text': 'merchant. I fell deeply in love with a'}, {'start': '873.839', 'end': '880.880', 'text': 'man who deceived me and took everything'}, {'start': '876.320', 'end': '883.199', 'text': 'I had. My family died in a fire. I was'}, {'start': '880.880', 'end': '886.680', 'text': 'left alone mad and hanged myself in this'}, {'start': '883.199', 'end': '889.760', 'text': 'very room. But her soul did not'}, {'start': '886.680', 'end': '892.880', 'text': 'disperse because before dying she'}, {'start': '889.760', 'end': '896.320', 'text': 'screamed a curse into the world. Whoever'}, {'start': '892.880', 'end': '899.440', 'text': 'has a heart like his I will pull into my'}, {'start': '896.320', 'end': '902.079', 'text': 'dreams forever. Shri Yar shivered not'}, {'start': '899.440', 'end': '905.279', 'text': 'from wind but from the storm of memories'}, {'start': '902.079', 'end': '909.279', 'text': 'now pouring over him like burning rain.'}, {'start': '905.279', 'end': '911.399', 'text': "But you you're not like him. She said"}, {'start': '909.279', 'end': '914.800', 'text': "you're the last light I still believe"}, {'start': '911.399', 'end': '918.399', 'text': "in. He didn't know what to say."}, {'start': '914.800', 'end': '921.600', 'text': 'He just stood there, his heart swaying.'}, {'start': '918.399', 'end': '924.639', 'text': 'On one side, an unthinkable truth. On'}, {'start': '921.600', 'end': '928.880', 'text': 'the other, a soul aching for love. Could'}, {'start': '924.639', 'end': '932.480', 'text': 'he stay or should he run? Nam looked at'}, {'start': '928.880', 'end': '935.440', 'text': 'him for a long time. Then said, "If you'}, {'start': '932.480', 'end': '938.160', 'text': 'return tomorrow night, I will take you'}, {'start': '935.440', 'end': '941.920', 'text': 'to the beginning of all the sorrow."'}, {'start': '938.160', 'end': '944.480', 'text': "That night, Shri Yar didn't sleep. He"}, {'start': '941.920', 'end': '946.880', 'text': 'sat by the window, staring at stars'}, {'start': '944.480', 'end': '949.360', 'text': 'veiled by clouds, holding the white'}, {'start': '946.880', 'end': '952.399', 'text': 'thread Nam had quietly tied around his'}, {'start': '949.360', 'end': '955.120', 'text': 'wrist as he left the ruined house. The'}, {'start': '952.399', 'end': '957.800', 'text': 'thread carried no scent, made no sound,'}, {'start': '955.120', 'end': '961.040', 'text': 'but it felt like a tether between two'}, {'start': '957.800', 'end': '964.079', 'text': 'worlds. His mother slept soundly, her'}, {'start': '961.040', 'end': '967.040', 'text': 'face at peace. His younger siblings'}, {'start': '964.079', 'end': '971.040', 'text': 'snuggled into their new pillows. Under'}, {'start': '967.040', 'end': '974.240', 'text': 'his own pillow, more money. But Shri Yar'}, {'start': '971.040', 'end': '977.360', 'text': 'no longer felt joy. Every coin felt like'}, {'start': '974.240', 'end': '980.480', 'text': 'a hook tearing into his heart. What was'}, {'start': '977.360', 'end': '982.639', 'text': 'the true price of this comfort? And what'}, {'start': '980.480', 'end': '985.959', 'text': 'spirit was watching every sleepfilled'}, {'start': '982.639', 'end': '988.399', 'text': 'breath inside this house? At exactly'}, {'start': '985.959', 'end': '991.120', 'text': 'midnight, Shary returned to the'}, {'start': '988.399', 'end': '993.279', 'text': 'abandoned house. He brought nothing'}, {'start': '991.120', 'end': '994.279', 'text': 'except his trembling hands and a heart'}, {'start': '993.279', 'end': '997.279', 'text': 'full of'}, {'start': '994.279', 'end': '999.920', 'text': 'questions. Nam was waiting, standing'}, {'start': '997.279', 'end': '1002.120', 'text': 'beneath a half-broken tree. moonlight'}, {'start': '999.920', 'end': '1005.560', 'text': 'like a morning veil across her'}, {'start': '1002.120', 'end': '1008.560', 'text': "shoulders. I knew you'd come back, she"}, {'start': '1005.560', 'end': '1011.759', 'text': "said. Tonight, I'll show you the place"}, {'start': '1008.560', 'end': '1015.120', 'text': 'where all suffering began. She led him'}, {'start': '1011.759', 'end': '1017.680', 'text': 'down a path choked with thorns. A narrow'}, {'start': '1015.120', 'end': '1020.360', 'text': 'ravine opened up, leading into a deep'}, {'start': '1017.680', 'end': '1023.519', 'text': "cave once called the demon's mouth by"}, {'start': '1020.360', 'end': '1025.679', 'text': 'villagers. But tonight it was simply a'}, {'start': '1023.519', 'end': '1029.439', 'text': 'trembling crack in the earth where'}, {'start': '1025.679', 'end': '1032.559', 'text': 'unforgiven things still lingered. Inside'}, {'start': '1029.439', 'end': '1035.120', 'text': 'there were no bones, only a shattered'}, {'start': '1032.559', 'end': '1037.679', 'text': "statue. Half of it a woman's face, the"}, {'start': '1035.120', 'end': '1039.559', 'text': 'other half clawed away as if someone'}, {'start': '1037.679', 'end': '1042.079', 'text': 'refused to see their own'}, {'start': '1039.559', 'end': '1044.559', 'text': 'reflection. Beneath the statue lay a'}, {'start': '1042.079', 'end': '1046.720', 'text': 'broken circle of red thread, and a'}, {'start': '1044.559', 'end': '1049.280', 'text': 'wooden plank etched with ancient sutras'}, {'start': '1046.720', 'end': '1050.960', 'text': "faded to near nothingness, like time's"}, {'start': '1049.280', 'end': '1053.960', 'text': 'own scar.'}, {'start': '1050.960', 'end': '1056.720', 'text': 'This is where the curse began, Nilam'}, {'start': '1053.960', 'end': '1058.679', 'text': 'whispered. He brought me here, made'}, {'start': '1056.720', 'end': '1061.160', 'text': 'sacred vows before Buddha and the'}, {'start': '1058.679', 'end': '1064.960', 'text': 'underworld, then vanished with'}, {'start': '1061.160', 'end': '1066.520', 'text': 'everything. I went mad. I killed myself'}, {'start': '1064.960', 'end': '1070.240', 'text': 'under a moon like'}, {'start': '1066.520', 'end': '1073.440', 'text': "tonight's. Shri Yar swallowed hard. The"}, {'start': '1070.240', 'end': '1075.840', 'text': 'air in the cave felt like claws. Every'}, {'start': '1073.440', 'end': '1080.080', 'text': 'word she spoke was a blade slicing into'}, {'start': '1075.840', 'end': '1083.880', 'text': 'his soul. I was never given a funeral.'}, {'start': '1080.080', 'end': '1087.440', 'text': 'No one recited prayers for me. No'}, {'start': '1083.880', 'end': '1091.160', 'text': 'incense, just a death dry, severed,'}, {'start': '1087.440', 'end': '1094.440', 'text': 'forgotten by love. Nam turned to'}, {'start': '1091.160', 'end': '1097.080', 'text': 'Shrior. But now I have you, she'}, {'start': '1094.440', 'end': '1100.880', 'text': 'whispered. I no longer need'}, {'start': '1097.080', 'end': '1103.039', 'text': 'revenge. I only want to be loved. To be'}, {'start': '1100.880', 'end': '1106.679', 'text': "called by a name that doesn't smell of"}, {'start': '1103.039', 'end': '1108.720', 'text': 'blood. She stepped closer, her hands'}, {'start': '1106.679', 'end': '1111.760', 'text': 'trembling, her eyes filled with'}, {'start': '1108.720', 'end': '1115.080', 'text': 'something both desperate and tender. If'}, {'start': '1111.760', 'end': '1118.799', 'text': "you say yes, I'll bind your soul to"}, {'start': '1115.080', 'end': '1121.760', 'text': "mine. You'll never suffer again. Your"}, {'start': '1118.799', 'end': '1125.039', 'text': 'mother will live long. Your siblings'}, {'start': '1121.760', 'end': '1128.799', 'text': "will succeed. And you, you'll live"}, {'start': '1125.039', 'end': '1131.440', 'text': 'forever with me. Inside Shrior, two'}, {'start': '1128.799', 'end': '1134.000', 'text': 'forces clashed violently.'}, {'start': '1131.440', 'end': '1136.840', 'text': 'One, the human part longed to stay, to'}, {'start': '1134.000', 'end': '1139.880', 'text': 'love, to dissolve into that strange'}, {'start': '1136.840', 'end': '1142.240', 'text': 'warmth. The other, his essence, his'}, {'start': '1139.880', 'end': '1145.760', 'text': 'instincts. The heart that had learned to'}, {'start': '1142.240', 'end': '1147.320', 'text': 'endure screamed, "This isn\'t love. This'}, {'start': '1145.760', 'end': '1150.600', 'text': 'is disguised'}, {'start': '1147.320', 'end': '1153.720', 'text': 'dependency. This is karma,'}, {'start': '1150.600', 'end': '1157.440', 'text': 'unresolved. You don\'t love me," he said'}, {'start': '1153.720', 'end': '1161.039', 'text': 'gently. "You just need a replacement.'}, {'start': '1157.440', 'end': '1165.120', 'text': "And you chose me because I didn't run."}, {'start': '1161.039', 'end': '1169.039', 'text': "Nam froze. She didn't cry, but her eyes"}, {'start': '1165.120', 'end': '1172.480', 'text': "lost their light. You don't care for me."}, {'start': '1169.039', 'end': '1176.360', 'text': "I do. But care isn't chaining someone to"}, {'start': '1172.480', 'end': '1181.039', 'text': 'your pain. You need to be set free.'}, {'start': '1176.360', 'end': '1186.640', 'text': 'Nam not held back. She stepped back, her'}, {'start': '1181.039', 'end': '1189.320', 'text': "entire body shaking. I I can't go alone."}, {'start': '1186.640', 'end': '1192.080', 'text': 'Shary folded his hands and closed his'}, {'start': '1189.320', 'end': '1194.240', 'text': 'eyes. He began to chant a verse from the'}, {'start': '1192.080', 'end': '1196.919', 'text': 'Kiddagarba sutra, the one he had often'}, {'start': '1194.240', 'end': '1198.760', 'text': 'heard his mother recite during nearby'}, {'start': '1196.919', 'end': '1202.440', 'text': 'funerals. Not'}, {'start': '1198.760', 'end': '1205.480', 'text': 'perfect, not complete, but'}, {'start': '1202.440', 'end': '1208.360', 'text': 'sincere. May all restless souls find the'}, {'start': '1205.480', 'end': '1211.400', 'text': 'light. May those who remain not'}, {'start': '1208.360', 'end': '1214.320', 'text': 'imprison, and those who depart no longer'}, {'start': '1211.400', 'end': '1219.520', 'text': 'cling. The air split open with a subtle'}, {'start': '1214.320', 'end': '1220.440', 'text': 'crack. Wind ceased. The moon dimmed. All'}, {'start': '1219.520', 'end': '1223.600', 'text': 'sound'}, {'start': '1220.440', 'end': '1227.039', 'text': 'vanished. There was only a soft exhale'}, {'start': '1223.600', 'end': '1230.400', 'text': 'and a silence as deep as death. Nam'}, {'start': '1227.039', 'end': '1233.440', 'text': 'stepped forward. For the first time,'}, {'start': '1230.400', 'end': '1238.520', 'text': 'Shri Yar saw her not as a ghost, not as'}, {'start': '1233.440', 'end': '1241.039', 'text': 'fog, but simply as a girl. No magic, no'}, {'start': '1238.520', 'end': '1244.840', 'text': 'mist, just someone who had once been'}, {'start': '1241.039', 'end': '1248.559', 'text': 'unbearably alone. Thank you, she'}, {'start': '1244.840', 'end': '1250.320', 'text': 'whispered for not loving me out of fear.'}, {'start': '1248.559', 'end': '1253.039', 'text': 'Then she vanished like a flower'}, {'start': '1250.320', 'end': '1255.240', 'text': 'shattered into dust, dissolving into the'}, {'start': '1253.039', 'end': '1257.679', 'text': 'moonlight, spilling through the mountain'}, {'start': '1255.240', 'end': '1259.520', 'text': "crevice. If you're still watching this"}, {'start': '1257.679', 'end': '1262.240', 'text': 'video and would like to offer a prayer'}, {'start': '1259.520', 'end': '1265.280', 'text': "for Nam's soul to be at peace, please"}, {'start': '1262.240', 'end': '1267.919', 'text': 'comment the number one below. And if you'}, {'start': '1265.280', 'end': '1270.720', 'text': "haven't subscribed yet, I invite you to"}, {'start': '1267.919', 'end': '1272.880', 'text': "do so and turn on the bell so you don't"}, {'start': '1270.720', 'end': '1275.200', 'text': 'miss a single story.'}, {'start': '1272.880', 'end': '1277.559', 'text': 'Your support helps us continue creating'}, {'start': '1275.200', 'end': '1280.080', 'text': 'meaningful content to inform and'}, {'start': '1277.559', 'end': '1283.679', 'text': 'inspire. Shri Yar stepped out of the'}, {'start': '1280.080', 'end': '1285.520', 'text': 'cave just as dawn broke. In his hand,'}, {'start': '1283.679', 'end': '1288.559', 'text': 'the white thread remained, but it had'}, {'start': '1285.520', 'end': '1291.200', 'text': 'faded to the color of ash. And from that'}, {'start': '1288.559', 'end': '1294.480', 'text': 'day on, no more money appeared beneath'}, {'start': '1291.200', 'end': '1298.799', 'text': 'his pillow. Only a quiet smile in his'}, {'start': '1294.480', 'end': '1300.640', 'text': "heart and his mother's voice. Son, last"}, {'start': '1298.799', 'end': '1303.440', 'text': 'night I dreamt of a beautiful girl'}, {'start': '1300.640', 'end': '1305.640', 'text': 'standing at the door, handsfolded,'}, {'start': '1303.440', 'end': '1309.400', 'text': 'bowing gently before she'}, {'start': '1305.640', 'end': '1312.640', 'text': "disappeared. I think I've seen her"}, {'start': '1309.400', 'end': '1314.640', 'text': 'before. The next morning, as sunlight'}, {'start': '1312.640', 'end': '1316.760', 'text': 'streamed through the weathered window,'}, {'start': '1314.640', 'end': '1320.640', 'text': 'Shary woke to an eerie'}, {'start': '1316.760', 'end': '1321.720', 'text': 'stillness. No birds, no playful shouts'}, {'start': '1320.640', 'end': '1324.320', 'text': 'from his'}, {'start': '1321.720', 'end': '1328.320', 'text': 'siblings, not even the smell of cooking'}, {'start': '1324.320', 'end': '1331.720', 'text': 'smoke. He stepped out of his room. His'}, {'start': '1328.320', 'end': '1334.039', 'text': 'mother sat still, her eyes staring into'}, {'start': '1331.720', 'end': '1336.880', 'text': 'emptiness. His siblings huddled'}, {'start': '1334.039', 'end': '1340.559', 'text': 'silently, knees to chest, neither'}, {'start': '1336.880', 'end': '1343.360', 'text': 'laughing nor crying. "Something had left'}, {'start': '1340.559', 'end': '1347.360', 'text': 'the house, and it had taken the light'}, {'start': '1343.360', 'end': '1348.280', 'text': 'with it." "Mom, is something wrong?" he'}, {'start': '1347.360', 'end': '1351.360', 'text': 'asked'}, {'start': '1348.280', 'end': '1356.000', 'text': 'softly. She turned her head toward him,'}, {'start': '1351.360', 'end': '1360.080', 'text': 'eyes red. Last night after you slept, a'}, {'start': '1356.000', 'end': '1363.120', 'text': "girl came to the door, she didn't knock,"}, {'start': '1360.080', 'end': '1366.400', 'text': "she didn't speak, she just stood there"}, {'start': '1363.120', 'end': '1369.240', 'text': 'like she came to say goodbye. Shri Yar'}, {'start': '1366.400', 'end': '1371.720', 'text': 'swallowed hard. Were you'}, {'start': '1369.240', 'end': '1376.240', 'text': 'afraid? No, she'}, {'start': '1371.720', 'end': '1378.159', 'text': 'replied. I just felt sorry for her. Then'}, {'start': '1376.240', 'end': '1381.760', 'text': 'she said something that made his skin'}, {'start': '1378.159', 'end': '1385.120', 'text': 'crawl. Whoever she was, she was still'}, {'start': '1381.760', 'end': '1388.320', 'text': 'just a lost daughter. That whole day,'}, {'start': '1385.120', 'end': '1389.400', 'text': 'Shri Yar worked in a days. The repair'}, {'start': '1388.320', 'end': '1393.520', 'text': 'shop was'}, {'start': '1389.400', 'end': '1395.440', 'text': 'noisy. Customers crowded in, but he felt'}, {'start': '1393.520', 'end': '1398.400', 'text': 'nothing like part of his soul had gone'}, {'start': '1395.440', 'end': '1402.159', 'text': 'with Num, leaving behind only an empty'}, {'start': '1398.400', 'end': '1404.960', 'text': 'cage in his chest. That evening, when he'}, {'start': '1402.159', 'end': '1407.919', 'text': 'returned home, he found a small envelope'}, {'start': '1404.960', 'end': '1409.679', 'text': 'slipped under the door. No one knew who'}, {'start': '1407.919', 'end': '1413.280', 'text': 'had delivered it.'}, {'start': '1409.679', 'end': '1415.600', 'text': 'No one saw anyone arrive. Inside was a'}, {'start': '1413.280', 'end': '1418.720', 'text': 'faded piece of yellow paper with'}, {'start': '1415.600', 'end': '1420.880', 'text': 'delicate handwriting as thin as wind.'}, {'start': '1418.720', 'end': '1423.840', 'text': 'Some souls do not wish for peace not'}, {'start': '1420.880', 'end': '1426.880', 'text': "because of hatred, but because they've"}, {'start': '1423.840', 'end': '1430.640', 'text': "never held someone's hand in true love."}, {'start': '1426.880', 'end': '1433.679', 'text': 'If one day you feel alone, come back to'}, {'start': '1430.640', 'end': '1435.080', 'text': "the place of the broken tree. I can't"}, {'start': '1433.679', 'end': '1439.080', 'text': "promise I'll be"}, {'start': '1435.080', 'end': '1442.400', 'text': "waiting. But I've never gone too far."}, {'start': '1439.080', 'end': '1446.120', 'text': 'Nam. Since that day, Shri Yar lived'}, {'start': '1442.400', 'end': '1448.200', 'text': 'between two worlds. He never saw Nam'}, {'start': '1446.120', 'end': '1450.200', 'text': 'again. No more'}, {'start': '1448.200', 'end': '1453.440', 'text': 'dreams, no more'}, {'start': '1450.200', 'end': '1455.760', 'text': 'letters, no more fragrance.'}, {'start': '1453.440', 'end': '1458.320', 'text': 'But every time he passed the forest path'}, {'start': '1455.760', 'end': '1460.400', 'text': 'leading to the cemetery, he would glance'}, {'start': '1458.320', 'end': '1463.840', 'text': 'to the right where the broken tree still'}, {'start': '1460.400', 'end': '1466.480', 'text': 'stood, bare like a neck without a head.'}, {'start': '1463.840', 'end': '1470.080', 'text': 'One evening, his youngest sister tugged'}, {'start': '1466.480', 'end': '1474.400', 'text': 'at his sleeve. Brother, last night, I'}, {'start': '1470.080', 'end': '1478.559', 'text': "saw her. She came to my bed. She didn't"}, {'start': '1474.400', 'end': '1483.120', 'text': "say anything, but I knew she wasn't sad."}, {'start': '1478.559', 'end': '1486.240', 'text': '"Were you scared?" he asked. No, I just'}, {'start': '1483.120', 'end': '1488.679', 'text': 'miss her. That answer was like a shard'}, {'start': '1486.240', 'end': '1491.880', 'text': 'of mirror reflecting what he had yet to'}, {'start': '1488.679', 'end': '1494.120', 'text': 'admit. Nam had become part of their'}, {'start': '1491.880', 'end': '1497.840', 'text': 'memory, part of their'}, {'start': '1494.120', 'end': '1500.640', 'text': 'family, part of their blood. 3 months'}, {'start': '1497.840', 'end': '1504.159', 'text': 'later, as winter crept onto the edges of'}, {'start': '1500.640', 'end': '1506.400', 'text': 'the leaves, something strange happened.'}, {'start': '1504.159', 'end': '1510.200', 'text': 'A stranger came to the repair shop and'}, {'start': '1506.400', 'end': '1513.559', 'text': 'handed Shrior an old wooden box. No'}, {'start': '1510.200', 'end': '1516.240', 'text': 'name, just a strange symbol carved on'}, {'start': '1513.559', 'end': '1520.240', 'text': 'top. Someone asked me to give this to'}, {'start': '1516.240', 'end': '1521.880', 'text': 'you, the man said. A girl, though I'}, {'start': '1520.240', 'end': '1525.840', 'text': "don't think she exists"}, {'start': '1521.880', 'end': '1528.799', 'text': 'anymore. Shri Yar opened the box. Inside'}, {'start': '1525.840', 'end': '1531.440', 'text': 'was a broken silver bracelet, a lock of'}, {'start': '1528.799', 'end': '1533.440', 'text': 'black hair tied with red thread, and a'}, {'start': '1531.440', 'end': '1538.320', 'text': 'worn slip of parchment etched with a'}, {'start': '1533.440', 'end': '1540.520', 'text': 'poly prayer. Sab sat babus sucata.'}, {'start': '1538.320', 'end': '1542.600', 'text': 'May all beings be happy and'}, {'start': '1540.520', 'end': '1545.760', 'text': 'liberated. And he'}, {'start': '1542.600', 'end': '1549.080', 'text': "understood. This wasn't a love letter,"}, {'start': '1545.760', 'end': '1552.320', 'text': 'nor an unfinished ballad. It was a'}, {'start': '1549.080', 'end': '1555.120', 'text': 'prayer. A soul once tormented had'}, {'start': '1552.320', 'end': '1557.679', 'text': 'finally learned how to let go. That'}, {'start': '1555.120', 'end': '1559.799', 'text': 'evening, Shri Yar walked to the broken'}, {'start': '1557.679', 'end': '1562.400', 'text': 'tree with nothing in hand but the'}, {'start': '1559.799', 'end': '1566.080', 'text': 'bracelet. He placed it gently at the'}, {'start': '1562.400', 'end': '1569.039', 'text': "tree's base and bowed in silence. He"}, {'start': '1566.080', 'end': '1573.120', 'text': "didn't hope to see her again. He didn't"}, {'start': '1569.039', 'end': '1575.760', 'text': 'need a miracle. He only needed to know.'}, {'start': '1573.120', 'end': '1576.440', 'text': 'Somewhere in this world, a sorrow had'}, {'start': '1575.760', 'end': '1578.720', 'text': 'been'}, {'start': '1576.440', 'end': '1581.679', 'text': 'released. After the night, he returned'}, {'start': '1578.720', 'end': '1584.919', 'text': 'to the broken tree. Shary thought he had'}, {'start': '1581.679', 'end': '1587.159', 'text': 'closed the door on everything. The'}, {'start': '1584.919', 'end': '1589.760', 'text': 'memories, the strange'}, {'start': '1587.159', 'end': '1592.960', 'text': 'dreams, even the feelings he once held'}, {'start': '1589.760', 'end': '1596.600', 'text': 'for a soul who had finally found peace.'}, {'start': '1592.960', 'end': '1599.880', 'text': 'He worked hard. sent his siblings to'}, {'start': '1596.600', 'end': '1603.760', 'text': "school, massaged his mother's feet every"}, {'start': '1599.880', 'end': '1606.400', 'text': 'evening. Life was quiet, peaceful, even.'}, {'start': '1603.760', 'end': '1609.520', 'text': 'But inside him was a silence, like an'}, {'start': '1606.400', 'end': '1611.880', 'text': 'empty cave waiting for an echo. It was'}, {'start': '1609.520', 'end': '1614.240', 'text': 'the feeling that something was still'}, {'start': '1611.880', 'end': '1616.440', 'text': "unfinished. He didn't know what it was"}, {'start': '1614.240', 'end': '1618.960', 'text': 'until the day a second stranger'}, {'start': '1616.440', 'end': '1620.320', 'text': 'appeared. It was a damp and chilly'}, {'start': '1618.960', 'end': '1623.440', 'text': 'morning.'}, {'start': '1620.320', 'end': '1627.120', 'text': 'Shri Yar was under a car wiping oil from'}, {'start': '1623.440', 'end': '1628.039', 'text': 'the chassis when he heard a soft voice.'}, {'start': '1627.120', 'end': '1631.840', 'text': 'Are you'}, {'start': '1628.039', 'end': '1634.720', 'text': 'Shar? He looked up. An old man stood'}, {'start': '1631.840', 'end': '1637.919', 'text': 'there, dark skin, white hair, rough'}, {'start': '1634.720', 'end': '1640.440', 'text': 'cotton rope, barefoot, holding a wooden'}, {'start': '1637.919', 'end': '1646.960', 'text': 'staff carved with the ancient symbol'}, {'start': '1640.440', 'end': '1650.080', 'text': "Om. Yes, sir. I'm Shri Yor. Who are you?"}, {'start': '1646.960', 'end': '1652.919', 'text': "I'm the keeper of memory. The words were"}, {'start': '1650.080', 'end': '1656.080', 'text': 'so strange. Shriar thought he'}, {'start': '1652.919', 'end': '1659.240', 'text': "misheard. I've come to return to you a"}, {'start': '1656.080', 'end': '1661.840', 'text': 'piece of a past life. The old man'}, {'start': '1659.240', 'end': '1664.320', 'text': 'explained. He was the caretaker of an'}, {'start': '1661.840', 'end': '1666.880', 'text': 'ancient temple deep in the forest where'}, {'start': '1664.320', 'end': '1669.440', 'text': 'a tragedy occurred over 80 years ago. A'}, {'start': '1666.880', 'end': '1671.919', 'text': 'young woman betrayed and left to die by'}, {'start': '1669.440', 'end': '1676.240', 'text': 'hanging before she could marry the man'}, {'start': '1671.919', 'end': '1677.919', 'text': 'she loved. That man bore the same name,'}, {'start': '1676.240', 'end': '1679.760', 'text': 'Shary.'}, {'start': '1677.919', 'end': '1682.840', 'text': "Have you ever dreamed of things you've"}, {'start': '1679.760', 'end': '1685.840', 'text': 'never lived? He asked.'}, {'start': '1682.840', 'end': '1688.720', 'text': '"Yes, I once dreamed I stood before a'}, {'start': '1685.840', 'end': '1692.799', 'text': 'temple dressed in wedding clothes and'}, {'start': '1688.720', 'end': '1694.720', 'text': 'then I ran away." The old man nodded'}, {'start': '1692.799', 'end': '1697.880', 'text': 'because you are the reincarnation of'}, {'start': '1694.720', 'end': '1701.440', 'text': 'that young man. You once vowed to love'}, {'start': '1697.880', 'end': '1705.440', 'text': 'her, but at the last moment you ran out'}, {'start': '1701.440', 'end': '1709.039', 'text': 'of fear. The vow broke. Her soul could'}, {'start': '1705.440', 'end': '1712.600', 'text': "not ascend. And so you've returned in"}, {'start': '1709.039', 'end': '1714.840', 'text': 'this life to meet her again.'}, {'start': '1712.600', 'end': '1718.520', 'text': 'Nam Shri Yar'}, {'start': '1714.840', 'end': '1722.600', 'text': "whispered. Yes. She didn't seek"}, {'start': '1718.520', 'end': '1726.120', 'text': 'revenge. She only wanted one thing to be'}, {'start': '1722.600', 'end': '1729.200', 'text': 'acknowledged. To know she was once truly'}, {'start': '1726.120', 'end': '1732.880', 'text': 'loved. The old man handed Shriar a'}, {'start': '1729.200', 'end': '1735.200', 'text': 'scroll. Its edges yellowed with time. If'}, {'start': '1732.880', 'end': '1738.399', 'text': "you're reading this, it means I'm no"}, {'start': '1735.200', 'end': '1741.200', 'text': 'longer of this world. But I want you to'}, {'start': '1738.399', 'end': '1743.520', 'text': 'know I forgive you. Not because you'}, {'start': '1741.200', 'end': '1745.960', 'text': "deserve it, but because I won't let"}, {'start': '1743.520', 'end': '1749.600', 'text': 'myself die twice over the same'}, {'start': '1745.960', 'end': '1752.159', 'text': 'mistake. Thank you for coming back. And'}, {'start': '1749.600', 'end': '1755.520', 'text': "I'm sorry for holding on to you with"}, {'start': '1752.159', 'end': '1759.600', 'text': 'something I no longer had. If we meet in'}, {'start': '1755.520', 'end': '1762.360', 'text': 'another life, let it not be in shadow.'}, {'start': '1759.600', 'end': '1766.399', 'text': 'Let it be in sunlight.'}, {'start': '1762.360', 'end': '1769.360', 'text': "Nam. Tears welled up in Shri Yar's eyes."}, {'start': '1766.399', 'end': '1772.039', 'text': 'He sat down, no longer heavy with guilt'}, {'start': '1769.360', 'end': '1774.399', 'text': 'or sorrow, just a strange deep'}, {'start': '1772.039', 'end': '1777.760', 'text': 'lightness, as if the last morning'}, {'start': '1774.399', 'end': '1781.600', 'text': 'garment had finally fallen away. The old'}, {'start': '1777.760', 'end': '1782.440', 'text': 'man nodded, watching the tears fall. Now'}, {'start': '1781.600', 'end': '1784.760', 'text': 'you'}, {'start': '1782.440', 'end': '1786.760', 'text': 'understand. When a soul chooses'}, {'start': '1784.760', 'end': '1791.039', 'text': 'forgiveness, both are'}, {'start': '1786.760', 'end': '1794.919', 'text': 'freed. So, do I still owe her anything?'}, {'start': '1791.039', 'end': '1798.799', 'text': 'Shri Yar asked. "Yes," the old man'}, {'start': '1794.919', 'end': '1801.440', 'text': 'replied. "A better life." Then he turned'}, {'start': '1798.799', 'end': '1804.399', 'text': 'and walked away, saying, "No more, never'}, {'start': '1801.440', 'end': '1807.200', 'text': 'looking back, vanishing into the crowd."'}, {'start': '1804.399', 'end': '1809.360', 'text': 'That night, Shary quietly went to the'}, {'start': '1807.200', 'end': '1813.360', 'text': 'forest temple the old man had once'}, {'start': '1809.360', 'end': '1815.360', 'text': "watched over. He didn't beg. He didn't"}, {'start': '1813.360', 'end': '1817.320', 'text': 'pray for miracles.'}, {'start': '1815.360', 'end': '1820.159', 'text': 'He lit a single stick of'}, {'start': '1817.320', 'end': '1824.159', 'text': 'incense. Laid down a wild flower, her'}, {'start': '1820.159', 'end': '1825.960', 'text': 'favorite kind and whispered, "If there\'s'}, {'start': '1824.159', 'end': '1828.279', 'text': 'another life,'}, {'start': '1825.960', 'end': '1831.840', 'text': 'Nam live under the'}, {'start': '1828.279', 'end': '1833.840', 'text': 'sunlight. Not in my shadow." 2 years'}, {'start': '1831.840', 'end': '1836.080', 'text': 'after the last day, Shri Yar laid'}, {'start': '1833.840', 'end': '1837.399', 'text': 'flowers before the old temple.'}, {'start': '1836.080', 'end': '1839.640', 'text': 'Everything had'}, {'start': '1837.399', 'end': '1842.360', 'text': 'changed. His family'}, {'start': '1839.640', 'end': '1845.279', 'text': 'prospered. His siblings excelled in'}, {'start': '1842.360', 'end': '1847.360', 'text': 'school. His mother still chanted a verse'}, {'start': '1845.279', 'end': '1850.640', 'text': 'from the Kittagarba Sutra every morning'}, {'start': '1847.360', 'end': '1853.279', 'text': 'at her small altar. Shary remained'}, {'start': '1850.640', 'end': '1857.120', 'text': 'humble, quietly working, never speaking'}, {'start': '1853.279', 'end': '1861.600', 'text': 'of the past, never promising love, but'}, {'start': '1857.120', 'end': '1864.760', 'text': 'in his heart. Nam had never left, not as'}, {'start': '1861.600', 'end': '1867.440', 'text': 'a yearning, but as a gentle'}, {'start': '1864.760', 'end': '1870.640', 'text': 'silence, like a final rest note at the'}, {'start': '1867.440', 'end': '1873.279', 'text': 'end of a finished symphony. One Saturday'}, {'start': '1870.640', 'end': '1875.279', 'text': 'morning, Shri Yar took his mother to the'}, {'start': '1873.279', 'end': '1878.320', 'text': 'market to buy wedding fabric for his'}, {'start': '1875.279', 'end': '1880.880', 'text': 'younger sister. While his mother haggled'}, {'start': '1878.320', 'end': '1884.039', 'text': 'with a seller, he sat resting near a'}, {'start': '1880.880', 'end': '1889.200', 'text': "small tea stall. That's when he heard"}, {'start': '1884.039', 'end': '1891.399', 'text': 'it. A silver bell, very soft, like the'}, {'start': '1889.200', 'end': '1893.240', 'text': 'faint sound of a pile in a distant'}, {'start': '1891.399', 'end': '1897.120', 'text': 'dream. Too'}, {'start': '1893.240', 'end': '1900.320', 'text': 'familiar. He turned. A girl was browsing'}, {'start': '1897.120', 'end': '1904.640', 'text': 'fabric at the stall across from him. Her'}, {'start': '1900.320', 'end': '1907.080', 'text': 'hair thick, dark, naturally wavy. Her'}, {'start': '1904.640', 'end': '1909.360', 'text': 'dress faded green under the early'}, {'start': '1907.080', 'end': '1912.279', 'text': 'sunlight. But her eyes, those eyes'}, {'start': '1909.360', 'end': '1916.080', 'text': "stopped his heart. It wasn't"}, {'start': '1912.279', 'end': '1918.679', 'text': 'Nam, but it was the same gaze. The one'}, {'start': '1916.080', 'end': '1921.480', 'text': 'that had watched him in a thousand'}, {'start': '1918.679', 'end': '1925.200', 'text': 'dreamscapes. The girl turned and met his'}, {'start': '1921.480', 'end': '1927.200', 'text': 'eyes. Just a second. Then she gently'}, {'start': '1925.200', 'end': '1930.880', 'text': 'nodded like someone greeting a memory'}, {'start': '1927.200', 'end': '1934.000', 'text': 'from another life. "I\'m sorry. Have we'}, {'start': '1930.880', 'end': '1939.519', 'text': 'met before?" she asked politely, her'}, {'start': '1934.000', 'end': '1943.600', 'text': 'voice soft. Shyar\'s voice caught. "I I\'m'}, {'start': '1939.519', 'end': '1947.120', 'text': "not sure. But I feel like I've been"}, {'start': '1943.600', 'end': '1951.600', 'text': 'looking for you for a very long time."'}, {'start': '1947.120', 'end': '1955.120', 'text': 'She smiled. A shy dimple emerged. a'}, {'start': '1951.600', 'end': '1958.000', 'text': 'smile not entirely from this world. Her'}, {'start': '1955.120', 'end': '1960.360', 'text': 'name was Serena, an art teacher. She'}, {'start': '1958.000', 'end': '1962.960', 'text': 'grew up in a village near the ancient'}, {'start': '1960.360', 'end': '1966.720', 'text': 'forest. She had once wandered into the'}, {'start': '1962.960', 'end': '1969.679', 'text': 'temple ruins and felt inexplicably as if'}, {'start': '1966.720', 'end': '1973.360', 'text': 'she were returning. "I once dreamt I'}, {'start': '1969.679', 'end': '1976.000', 'text': 'died in a white dress," she told him.'}, {'start': '1973.360', 'end': '1976.760', 'text': 'Standing beneath a broken tree, waiting'}, {'start': '1976.000', 'end': '1979.519', 'text': 'for'}, {'start': '1976.760', 'end': '1981.279', 'text': 'someone. Shri Yar tightened his grip on'}, {'start': '1979.519', 'end': '1985.120', 'text': 'the tea glass.'}, {'start': '1981.279', 'end': '1989.279', 'text': 'A slight sweat formed on his brow. And'}, {'start': '1985.120', 'end': '1992.440', 'text': 'did someone come? Yes, but he never'}, {'start': '1989.279', 'end': '1995.559', 'text': 'entered the temple. He just stood far'}, {'start': '1992.440', 'end': '1999.600', 'text': 'away. I woke up the moment he turned'}, {'start': '1995.559', 'end': '2001.720', 'text': 'away. Shri Yar sat frozen. His heart'}, {'start': '1999.600', 'end': '2004.799', 'text': 'cracked and healed again in just one'}, {'start': '2001.720', 'end': '2007.600', 'text': 'moment. In the weeks that followed, they'}, {'start': '2004.799', 'end': '2010.559', 'text': 'saw each other often. They sketched'}, {'start': '2007.600', 'end': '2013.840', 'text': 'together in the park, took his siblings'}, {'start': '2010.559', 'end': '2018.480', 'text': 'to buy books, visited her elderly mother'}, {'start': '2013.840', 'end': '2022.320', 'text': "in the hills. Serena wasn't Nam, but she"}, {'start': '2018.480', 'end': '2023.960', 'text': "wasn't entirely someone else either. She"}, {'start': '2022.320', 'end': '2026.720', 'text': 'had unexplainable'}, {'start': '2023.960', 'end': '2029.919', 'text': 'habits. She avoided passing the broken'}, {'start': '2026.720', 'end': '2031.480', 'text': 'tree during rain. Always lit incense'}, {'start': '2029.919', 'end': '2034.799', 'text': 'before sewing white'}, {'start': '2031.480', 'end': '2038.159', 'text': "dresses. And sometimes she'd stare at"}, {'start': '2034.799', 'end': '2041.799', 'text': 'Shri Yar for a long time and ask, "Do'}, {'start': '2038.159', 'end': '2044.880', 'text': 'you ever feel like we never got to say'}, {'start': '2041.799', 'end': '2048.760', 'text': 'goodbye?" One night, Shri Yar\'s mother'}, {'start': '2044.880', 'end': '2051.440', 'text': 'had a dream not of a spirit, but of Nam'}, {'start': '2048.760', 'end': '2053.760', 'text': 'reborn. She saw a small girl running'}, {'start': '2051.440', 'end': '2057.200', 'text': 'through a field, dressed dusted with'}, {'start': '2053.760', 'end': '2060.639', 'text': 'earth, holding a violet wild flower.'}, {'start': '2057.200', 'end': '2062.079', 'text': '"Who are you?" she asked. The girl'}, {'start': '2060.639', 'end': '2065.760', 'text': 'smiled.'}, {'start': '2062.079', 'end': '2068.320', 'text': "I'm a forgiven memory. The next morning,"}, {'start': '2065.760', 'end': '2071.440', 'text': 'she looked at Serena for a long time,'}, {'start': '2068.320', 'end': '2074.200', 'text': 'then turned to her son and said, "My'}, {'start': '2071.440', 'end': '2077.839', 'text': "child, if you don't hold her hand this"}, {'start': '2074.200', 'end': '2079.919', 'text': "time, then in the next life, you'll"}, {'start': '2077.839', 'end': '2083.679', 'text': 'spend it chasing someone with the same'}, {'start': '2079.919', 'end': '2085.919', 'text': 'eyes all over again. Everything began'}, {'start': '2083.679', 'end': '2089.040', 'text': 'again on the first full moon of the'}, {'start': '2085.919', 'end': '2091.839', 'text': 'ghost wind season. A day when locals'}, {'start': '2089.040', 'end': '2094.399', 'text': "avoid graveyards, don't say the names of"}, {'start': '2091.839', 'end': '2097.760', 'text': 'the dead, and never sit with their backs'}, {'start': '2094.399', 'end': '2101.200', 'text': 'to the broken tree. But that night,'}, {'start': '2097.760', 'end': '2104.359', 'text': 'Serena had a strange dream. She stood'}, {'start': '2101.200', 'end': '2107.200', 'text': 'before a stone gate, her arm extended in'}, {'start': '2104.359', 'end': '2111.040', 'text': 'waiting. On the other side was a shadow,'}, {'start': '2107.200', 'end': '2114.560', 'text': 'part Charor, part someone else. She'}, {'start': '2111.040', 'end': '2117.880', 'text': 'called out, "You\'ve arrived. A lifetime'}, {'start': '2114.560', 'end': '2122.079', 'text': 'too late." But the shadow only bowed its'}, {'start': '2117.880', 'end': '2125.280', 'text': 'head and faded into ash. Serena woke'}, {'start': '2122.079', 'end': '2127.320', 'text': 'with a gasp, heart racing, her body'}, {'start': '2125.280', 'end': '2129.599', 'text': 'freezing even beneath three'}, {'start': '2127.320', 'end': '2133.000', 'text': 'blankets, and on her wrist where the'}, {'start': '2129.599', 'end': '2135.839', 'text': 'bone meets skin. There was a faint red'}, {'start': '2133.000', 'end': '2139.280', 'text': 'mark as if someone had once held her'}, {'start': '2135.839', 'end': '2141.599', 'text': 'hand too tightly. That very evening,'}, {'start': '2139.280', 'end': '2144.720', 'text': 'Shri Yar found a handwritten note left'}, {'start': '2141.599', 'end': '2148.800', 'text': 'by the door. If you still want peace in'}, {'start': '2144.720', 'end': '2152.119', 'text': 'this life, meet me before the full moon.'}, {'start': '2148.800', 'end': '2156.240', 'text': 'At the broken tree, the keeper of'}, {'start': '2152.119', 'end': '2159.680', 'text': 'memory, he knew a new test was coming.'}, {'start': '2156.240', 'end': '2163.400', 'text': 'His mother tried to dissuade him. Serena'}, {'start': '2159.680', 'end': '2167.599', 'text': 'was worried. But Shary had once run'}, {'start': '2163.400', 'end': '2170.599', 'text': 'away. This time he would not. They met'}, {'start': '2167.599', 'end': '2174.480', 'text': 'beneath the rising moon.'}, {'start': '2170.599', 'end': '2177.040', 'text': 'Shar Serena and the old man in course'}, {'start': '2174.480', 'end': '2180.240', 'text': 'ropes the temple keeper the one who had'}, {'start': '2177.040', 'end': '2182.640', 'text': 'once handed him the ancient scroll. You'}, {'start': '2180.240', 'end': '2187.040', 'text': 'think forgiveness is the end? The old'}, {'start': '2182.640', 'end': '2190.480', 'text': 'man said. No. Some karmic knots cannot'}, {'start': '2187.040', 'end': '2194.880', 'text': 'be undone by tears or regret only by'}, {'start': '2190.480', 'end': '2198.240', 'text': 'decisive action. What do you mean? Shri'}, {'start': '2194.880', 'end': '2201.280', 'text': 'Yar asked. A female soul still has not'}, {'start': '2198.240', 'end': '2203.680', 'text': "been returned to where she belongs. It's"}, {'start': '2201.280', 'end': '2205.520', 'text': "Nam's fragmented spirit buried beneath"}, {'start': '2203.680', 'end': '2207.839', 'text': 'the stone foundation of the ruined'}, {'start': '2205.520', 'end': '2212.119', 'text': 'temple where her body was trapped'}, {'start': '2207.839', 'end': '2214.880', 'text': 'beneath the earth lifetimes ago. Serena'}, {'start': '2212.119', 'end': '2219.119', 'text': "shivered. She gripped Charar's hand, but"}, {'start': '2214.880', 'end': '2223.880', 'text': 'her palm was ice cold. "I I remember'}, {'start': '2219.119', 'end': '2228.320', 'text': 'now," she whispered. I was lying there'}, {'start': '2223.880', 'end': '2232.240', 'text': 'alone in the dark waiting for someone'}, {'start': '2228.320', 'end': '2235.440', 'text': 'but no one came. Tonight the old man'}, {'start': '2232.240', 'end': '2238.240', 'text': 'said you both must return to the temple,'}, {'start': '2235.440', 'end': '2239.480', 'text': 'open the old stone floor and recite the'}, {'start': '2238.240', 'end': '2242.880', 'text': 'liberation'}, {'start': '2239.480', 'end': '2245.920', 'text': 'chant. But if either of you hesitates or'}, {'start': '2242.880', 'end': '2250.400', 'text': 'fears neither will return. The temple'}, {'start': '2245.920', 'end': '2251.640', 'text': 'had no roof. Moss covered its pillars.'}, {'start': '2250.400', 'end': '2254.599', 'text': 'that screamed'}, {'start': '2251.640', 'end': '2257.119', 'text': 'overhead. But as Shriar and Serena'}, {'start': '2254.599', 'end': '2259.320', 'text': 'entered, the stone door to the crypt'}, {'start': '2257.119', 'end': '2262.480', 'text': 'sealed for decades opened by'}, {'start': '2259.320', 'end': '2265.920', 'text': 'itself. A cold wind rose from below,'}, {'start': '2262.480', 'end': '2269.119', 'text': 'carrying with it a lullabi. A large'}, {'start': '2265.920', 'end': '2272.200', 'text': 'stone slab lay at the center. On it, a'}, {'start': '2269.119', 'end': '2274.599', 'text': 'dried blood stain shaped like a small'}, {'start': '2272.200', 'end': '2276.960', 'text': 'hand. Serena stepped'}, {'start': '2274.599', 'end': '2280.960', 'text': 'forward. Her trembling hand reached'}, {'start': '2276.960', 'end': '2284.800', 'text': 'toward the mark. She sank to her knees'}, {'start': '2280.960', 'end': '2287.240', 'text': 'without looking at Shar. She said, "I'}, {'start': '2284.800', 'end': '2292.320', 'text': 'know you were the one who sealed the'}, {'start': '2287.240', 'end': '2297.280', 'text': "crypt in another life. I didn't know. I"}, {'start': '2292.320', 'end': '2299.320', 'text': 'was afraid. I thought you had died. No,'}, {'start': '2297.280', 'end': '2302.800', 'text': "you just didn't love enough to come"}, {'start': '2299.320', 'end': '2305.680', 'text': 'back." The air thickened. The cold'}, {'start': '2302.800', 'end': '2308.119', 'text': 'seeped into their bones. A voice'}, {'start': '2305.680', 'end': '2311.839', 'text': 'whispered from nowhere and'}, {'start': '2308.119', 'end': '2315.400', 'text': 'everywhere. If you fear the past, do not'}, {'start': '2311.839', 'end': '2317.920', 'text': 'dream of the future. Shary closed his'}, {'start': '2315.400', 'end': '2320.800', 'text': 'eyes. He held the prayer beads his'}, {'start': '2317.920', 'end': '2325.440', 'text': 'mother had given him. His hands shook'}, {'start': '2320.800', 'end': '2328.040', 'text': 'with every bead. Nemoagarbodha sudva.'}, {'start': '2325.440', 'end': '2331.280', 'text': 'May this lost soul be freed from'}, {'start': '2328.040', 'end': '2334.680', 'text': 'suffering, delivered from the darkness'}, {'start': '2331.280', 'end': '2337.680', 'text': 'and reborn in peace. He chanted every'}, {'start': '2334.680', 'end': '2340.720', 'text': 'syllable, every breath, as if bleeding'}, {'start': '2337.680', 'end': '2343.760', 'text': 'his heart out word by word. Serena'}, {'start': '2340.720', 'end': '2347.119', 'text': 'leaned her head onto his shoulder. Tears'}, {'start': '2343.760', 'end': '2350.839', 'text': 'fell onto his hands warm as fire, but'}, {'start': '2347.119', 'end': '2353.440', 'text': 'not a fire that burned. A fire that'}, {'start': '2350.839', 'end': '2355.680', 'text': 'purified. As the final verse left his'}, {'start': '2353.440', 'end': '2358.880', 'text': 'lips, a white light burst through the'}, {'start': '2355.680', 'end': '2362.920', 'text': "temple's ruined ceiling. A faint figure"}, {'start': '2358.880', 'end': '2368.440', 'text': 'rose from the stone slab and nodded.'}, {'start': '2362.920', 'end': '2372.760', 'text': 'Nam. No anger, no sorrow, only one last'}, {'start': '2368.440', 'end': '2376.480', 'text': 'look, a farewell for them both. Then she'}, {'start': '2372.760', 'end': '2378.480', 'text': 'turned and walked into the gate of light'}, {'start': '2376.480', 'end': '2381.599', 'text': 'where all forgiven souls leave their'}, {'start': '2378.480', 'end': '2383.760', 'text': "shadows behind. If you're still watching"}, {'start': '2381.599', 'end': '2386.240', 'text': 'this video and wish for all souls to'}, {'start': '2383.760', 'end': '2388.839', 'text': 'find peace, please comment the number'}, {'start': '2386.240', 'end': '2391.680', 'text': "eight below. And if you haven't"}, {'start': '2388.839', 'end': '2394.040', 'text': 'subscribed, I warmly invite you to do so'}, {'start': '2391.680', 'end': '2396.880', 'text': 'and tap the bell so you never miss a'}, {'start': '2394.040', 'end': '2399.720', 'text': 'story. Your support helps us continue'}, {'start': '2396.880', 'end': '2402.880', 'text': 'sharing meaningful tales to inform and'}, {'start': '2399.720', 'end': '2404.760', 'text': 'inspire. The next morning, as the sun'}, {'start': '2402.880', 'end': '2408.160', 'text': 'crested over the forest'}, {'start': '2404.760', 'end': '2413.440', 'text': 'trees, Serena smiled, a smile soft as a'}, {'start': '2408.160', 'end': '2416.720', 'text': 'falling leaf. I feel light, she said, as'}, {'start': '2413.440', 'end': '2420.040', 'text': "if I've just been born again. Shri Yar"}, {'start': '2416.720', 'end': '2423.760', 'text': "held her hand. We can't rewrite the"}, {'start': '2420.040', 'end': '2425.599', 'text': 'past. But if we walk forward together,'}, {'start': '2423.760', 'end': '2426.760', 'text': 'this present is enough to redeem a'}, {'start': '2425.599', 'end': '2430.000', 'text': 'hundred'}, {'start': '2426.760', 'end': '2432.960', 'text': 'lifetimes. She nodded. And as they'}, {'start': '2430.000', 'end': '2434.800', 'text': 'walked away from the ruined temple, the'}, {'start': '2432.960', 'end': '2435.640', 'text': 'broken tree in the distance bloomed'}, {'start': '2434.800', 'end': '2439.000', 'text': 'white'}, {'start': '2435.640', 'end': '2442.320', 'text': 'flowers. For the first time in four'}, {'start': '2439.000', 'end': '2444.480', 'text': 'generations, early morning, gray mist'}, {'start': '2442.320', 'end': '2445.760', 'text': 'blanketed the forest like a silk shawl'}, {'start': '2444.480', 'end': '2448.440', 'text': 'of dew.'}, {'start': '2445.760', 'end': '2451.599', 'text': 'Shri Yar and Serena returned to the old'}, {'start': '2448.440', 'end': '2455.359', 'text': 'temple where three months earlier they'}, {'start': '2451.599', 'end': '2456.599', 'text': "had freed Nam's soul. This time they"}, {'start': '2455.359', 'end': '2458.599', 'text': 'carried no'}, {'start': '2456.599', 'end': '2460.359', 'text': 'candles, no'}, {'start': '2458.599', 'end': '2464.040', 'text': 'scrolls, no'}, {'start': '2460.359', 'end': '2468.319', 'text': 'beads, only picks, bricks,'}, {'start': '2464.040', 'end': '2470.720', 'text': 'shovels, and new planks of wood. I think'}, {'start': '2468.319', 'end': '2474.079', 'text': 'if Nam was trapped here for nearly a'}, {'start': '2470.720', 'end': '2476.960', 'text': 'century, Serena said, eyes locked on the'}, {'start': '2474.079', 'end': '2479.079', 'text': 'cold stone floor, then there must be'}, {'start': '2476.960', 'end': '2483.359', 'text': 'other souls still imprisoned'}, {'start': '2479.079', 'end': '2486.240', 'text': 'somewhere. Yes, Shri Yar agreed. And if'}, {'start': '2483.359', 'end': '2489.200', 'text': 'we can do something, then forgiveness'}, {'start': '2486.240', 'end': '2490.119', 'text': "alone isn't enough. They cleared the"}, {'start': '2489.200', 'end': '2492.839', 'text': 'temple'}, {'start': '2490.119', 'end': '2496.560', 'text': 'grounds, pulled moss from the'}, {'start': '2492.839', 'end': '2499.000', 'text': 'stones, gathered rotten wood. Serena'}, {'start': '2496.560', 'end': '2502.240', 'text': "sketched the old temple's design from"}, {'start': '2499.000', 'end': '2505.359', 'text': 'memory. Shriar scoured nearby towns for'}, {'start': '2502.240', 'end': '2506.440', 'text': 'discarded tiles and asked the village'}, {'start': '2505.359', 'end': '2509.400', 'text': 'chief for'}, {'start': '2506.440', 'end': '2512.599', 'text': 'permission, not to restore a place of'}, {'start': '2509.400', 'end': '2515.319', 'text': 'worship, but to restore a place of'}, {'start': '2512.599', 'end': '2518.079', 'text': 'remembrance. No one believed them at'}, {'start': '2515.319', 'end': '2521.119', 'text': 'first until the broken tree began to'}, {'start': '2518.079', 'end': '2523.200', 'text': 'bloom white on every full moon, though'}, {'start': '2521.119', 'end': '2526.359', 'text': 'no one had seen it green for over a'}, {'start': '2523.200', 'end': '2530.160', 'text': 'hundred years. The elders'}, {'start': '2526.359', 'end': '2533.560', 'text': 'whispered. Something has been opened.'}, {'start': '2530.160', 'end': '2536.440', 'text': 'The young came to see. They stood in'}, {'start': '2533.560', 'end': '2541.200', 'text': 'silence. Then brought building'}, {'start': '2536.440', 'end': '2545.520', 'text': 'materials, food, and prayers. The temple'}, {'start': '2541.200', 'end': '2546.839', 'text': 'was rebuilt in 108 days. But no deity'}, {'start': '2545.520', 'end': '2549.599', 'text': 'statue was'}, {'start': '2546.839', 'end': '2553.920', 'text': 'installed. Only a single stone tablet'}, {'start': '2549.599', 'end': '2557.520', 'text': 'remained carved with one sentence. Here'}, {'start': '2553.920', 'end': '2560.960', 'text': 'all souls shall be heard. At the center,'}, {'start': '2557.520', 'end': '2562.880', 'text': 'a low square incense altar. Anyone who'}, {'start': '2560.960', 'end': '2566.160', 'text': 'came could sit and speak the name of'}, {'start': '2562.880', 'end': '2567.960', 'text': 'someone who had passed. Whether in love,'}, {'start': '2566.160', 'end': '2570.480', 'text': 'in pain, or'}, {'start': '2567.960', 'end': '2572.720', 'text': 'longforgotten, Serena painted a blooming'}, {'start': '2570.480', 'end': '2575.599', 'text': 'lotus on the temple ceiling, rising from'}, {'start': '2572.720', 'end': '2577.839', 'text': 'shattered rock. Shri Yar hung a'}, {'start': '2575.599', 'end': '2581.440', 'text': 'windchime made of salvaged bronze above'}, {'start': '2577.839', 'end': '2584.560', 'text': 'the entryway with a tiny inscription.'}, {'start': '2581.440', 'end': '2586.119', 'text': 'As long as someone remembers your name.'}, {'start': '2584.560', 'end': '2588.280', 'text': "You've never truly"}, {'start': '2586.119', 'end': '2591.599', 'text': 'vanished. On the day of the'}, {'start': '2588.280', 'end': '2595.040', 'text': 'inauguration, light rain fell. The wind'}, {'start': '2591.599', 'end': '2598.160', 'text': 'blew but gently without chill. An'}, {'start': '2595.040', 'end': '2600.520', 'text': 'elderly woman arrived. She placed a'}, {'start': '2598.160', 'end': '2604.319', 'text': 'faded black and white photograph on the'}, {'start': '2600.520', 'end': '2607.680', 'text': 'altar. Her eyes read with time. He was'}, {'start': '2604.319', 'end': '2610.040', 'text': 'the child I never got to hold. Back'}, {'start': '2607.680', 'end': '2613.119', 'text': "then, I couldn't afford a"}, {'start': '2610.040', 'end': '2614.200', 'text': 'ceremony. I just hope he knows his'}, {'start': '2613.119', 'end': '2617.920', 'text': 'mother never'}, {'start': '2614.200', 'end': '2621.319', 'text': "forgot. Serena took the woman's hand."}, {'start': '2617.920', 'end': '2624.160', 'text': 'She said nothing. Shar Yarlit'}, {'start': '2621.319', 'end': '2625.240', 'text': 'incense, then sat beside her for a full'}, {'start': '2624.160', 'end': '2629.319', 'text': 'hour in'}, {'start': '2625.240', 'end': '2633.119', 'text': 'silence. A second person came. Then a'}, {'start': '2629.319', 'end': '2635.280', 'text': 'third. From that day on, the temple was'}, {'start': '2633.119', 'end': '2638.240', 'text': 'never empty again.'}, {'start': '2635.280', 'end': '2641.760', 'text': 'Shary never saw himself as a priest or'}, {'start': '2638.240', 'end': '2645.119', 'text': 'preacher or any kind of spiritual guide.'}, {'start': '2641.760', 'end': '2646.599', 'text': 'He was just someone who listened. Serena'}, {'start': '2645.119', 'end': '2648.960', 'text': 'never claimed to be'}, {'start': '2646.599', 'end': '2651.920', 'text': 'enlightened. She was simply the one who'}, {'start': '2648.960', 'end': '2655.040', 'text': 'lit candles, brewed tea, and gently'}, {'start': '2651.920', 'end': '2657.839', 'text': 'wiped the dew from old photographs.'}, {'start': '2655.040', 'end': '2659.920', 'text': 'But every night when the wind stirred'}, {'start': '2657.839', 'end': '2663.880', 'text': 'the chimes softly like a voice calling'}, {'start': '2659.920', 'end': '2667.599', 'text': 'from afar, they both knew'}, {'start': '2663.880', 'end': '2669.760', 'text': 'somewhere Nam was smiling. One year'}, {'start': '2667.599', 'end': '2671.760', 'text': 'later, on the full moon night of the'}, {'start': '2669.760', 'end': '2673.960', 'text': 'seventh lunar month, the Buddhist ghost'}, {'start': '2671.760', 'end': '2676.079', 'text': 'festival, they held a special'}, {'start': '2673.960', 'end': '2679.000', 'text': 'ceremony. The night of calling the'}, {'start': '2676.079', 'end': '2680.920', 'text': 'departed by name. No'}, {'start': '2679.000', 'end': '2684.599', 'text': 'chance, no'}, {'start': '2680.920', 'end': '2688.400', 'text': 'rituals, just a single candle, a name'}, {'start': '2684.599', 'end': '2691.440', 'text': 'spoken, and one honest sentence. I'}, {'start': '2688.400', 'end': '2695.079', 'text': 'remember you no matter who I was. That'}, {'start': '2691.440', 'end': '2696.920', 'text': 'night, hundreds came. Some'}, {'start': '2695.079', 'end': '2700.400', 'text': 'cried, some'}, {'start': '2696.920', 'end': '2703.280', 'text': 'smiled, some stood in silence. And'}, {'start': '2700.400', 'end': '2707.160', 'text': 'amidst the wind laced darkness, Shary'}, {'start': '2703.280', 'end': '2710.240', 'text': 'whispered into the flame, "Thank you,'}, {'start': '2707.160', 'end': '2713.200', 'text': "Nam. Because of you, I've learned how to"}, {'start': '2710.240', 'end': '2715.119', 'text': 'live without owing any soul a debt."'}, {'start': '2713.200', 'end': '2718.319', 'text': 'Three seasons had passed since the'}, {'start': '2715.119', 'end': '2720.920', 'text': 'temple was rebuilt. Locals no longer'}, {'start': '2718.319', 'end': '2724.400', 'text': 'called it the old place where souls were'}, {'start': '2720.920', 'end': '2727.720', 'text': 'trapped. They called it by a new name.'}, {'start': '2724.400', 'end': '2729.800', 'text': "The house of the remembered. It wasn't"}, {'start': '2727.720', 'end': '2731.800', 'text': "large. It wasn't"}, {'start': '2729.800', 'end': '2734.280', 'text': 'ornate. No red'}, {'start': '2731.800', 'end': '2736.920', 'text': 'banners, no fluttering'}, {'start': '2734.280', 'end': '2739.480', 'text': 'flags. But through all four'}, {'start': '2736.920', 'end': '2741.480', 'text': 'seasons, there was always'}, {'start': '2739.480', 'end': '2744.240', 'text': 'incense, always'}, {'start': '2741.480', 'end': '2746.920', 'text': 'flowers, always someone placing a hand'}, {'start': '2744.240', 'end': '2749.839', 'text': 'over their heart. in'}, {'start': '2746.920', 'end': '2752.359', 'text': 'stillness. One morning in March, with'}, {'start': '2749.839', 'end': '2755.280', 'text': 'forest blossoms covering the mountain'}, {'start': '2752.359', 'end': '2757.560', 'text': 'slope, Serena placed her hand gently on'}, {'start': '2755.280', 'end': '2760.400', 'text': 'her belly and'}, {'start': '2757.560', 'end': '2763.760', 'text': 'smiled. She waited for Shri Yar on the'}, {'start': '2760.400', 'end': '2765.880', 'text': 'temple porch where the early wind always'}, {'start': '2763.760', 'end': '2768.839', 'text': 'carried the scent of young malberry'}, {'start': '2765.880', 'end': '2773.680', 'text': 'leaves and the soft tinkling of wind'}, {'start': '2768.839', 'end': '2778.079', 'text': 'chimes. "Love?" she said. "Yes," he'}, {'start': '2773.680', 'end': '2782.240', 'text': "asked. We're going to have a child. Shri"}, {'start': '2778.079', 'end': '2784.680', 'text': 'Yar froze. As if his heart had paused'}, {'start': '2782.240', 'end': '2789.440', 'text': 'and begun beating again in a brand new'}, {'start': '2784.680', 'end': '2793.119', 'text': 'rhythm. A new breath, a new life. That'}, {'start': '2789.440', 'end': '2795.079', 'text': 'night, Serena dreamed. She stood in the'}, {'start': '2793.119', 'end': '2798.839', 'text': 'old temple before it was'}, {'start': '2795.079', 'end': '2803.119', 'text': 'restored. Broken roof, cracked'}, {'start': '2798.839', 'end': '2806.319', 'text': 'bricks, pale moonlight. In the dark, a'}, {'start': '2803.119', 'end': '2809.400', 'text': 'little girl sat folding paper flowers.'}, {'start': '2806.319', 'end': '2813.960', 'text': 'Her eyes were deep as night. Who are'}, {'start': '2809.400', 'end': '2817.599', 'text': "you? Serena asked. I'm the one my mother"}, {'start': '2813.960', 'end': '2820.640', 'text': "forgave. And I've come back to learn how"}, {'start': '2817.599', 'end': '2824.160', 'text': 'to love from the very beginning. Serena'}, {'start': '2820.640', 'end': '2827.680', 'text': 'woke in tears, her pillow wet. She'}, {'start': '2824.160', 'end': '2831.079', 'text': 'placed her hand on her belly. The baby'}, {'start': '2827.680', 'end': '2833.880', 'text': 'was gently kicking. As her pregnancy'}, {'start': '2831.079', 'end': '2836.880', 'text': "progressed, Serena's dreams grew more"}, {'start': '2833.880', 'end': '2839.760', 'text': 'vivid. An old woman with a silver staff'}, {'start': '2836.880', 'end': '2842.800', 'text': 'speaking in an ancient tongue. A room'}, {'start': '2839.760', 'end': '2844.960', 'text': 'with an upside down wind chime. And'}, {'start': '2842.800', 'end': '2848.560', 'text': 'always, they ended with a lullabi'}, {'start': '2844.960', 'end': '2851.760', 'text': "echoing from far, far away. You don't"}, {'start': '2848.560', 'end': '2853.800', 'text': 'need to remember who I was. Just love me'}, {'start': '2851.760', 'end': '2857.680', 'text': 'as if I never did anything'}, {'start': '2853.800', 'end': '2860.280', 'text': 'wrong. Soft rain fell. The broken tree'}, {'start': '2857.680', 'end': '2863.440', 'text': 'beside the temple grew a strange new'}, {'start': '2860.280', 'end': '2866.720', 'text': 'branch. Its flowers white tinged with'}, {'start': '2863.440', 'end': '2870.000', 'text': 'ash gray. Like twilight falling into a'}, {'start': '2866.720', 'end': '2873.400', 'text': 'nameless river. Serena gave birth in the'}, {'start': '2870.000', 'end': '2877.800', 'text': 'small room beside the temple. A baby'}, {'start': '2873.400', 'end': '2881.599', 'text': 'girl, eyes dark as ink, hair thick and'}, {'start': '2877.800', 'end': '2884.960', 'text': 'soft. But when she smiled, the dimples'}, {'start': '2881.599', 'end': '2888.200', 'text': 'were exactly like Shri Yarss. Her mother'}, {'start': '2884.960', 'end': '2891.960', 'text': "held her close, didn't ask"}, {'start': '2888.200', 'end': '2895.520', 'text': "questions, didn't doubt, she only"}, {'start': '2891.960', 'end': '2898.319', 'text': 'whispered. If you were once Nam, then'}, {'start': '2895.520', 'end': '2902.240', 'text': "you've learned how to return. And if"}, {'start': '2898.319', 'end': '2904.680', 'text': "you're not, I will still love you. As"}, {'start': '2902.240', 'end': '2908.640', 'text': 'the first soul ever to walk into my'}, {'start': '2904.680', 'end': '2912.079', 'text': 'life. When the child turned 49 days old,'}, {'start': '2908.640', 'end': '2913.839', 'text': 'they gave her a name, Annayiah, one who'}, {'start': '2912.079', 'end': '2916.480', 'text': 'is unbound.'}, {'start': '2913.839', 'end': '2917.720', 'text': 'That day the entire village came to the'}, {'start': '2916.480', 'end': '2921.160', 'text': 'temple for a'}, {'start': '2917.720', 'end': '2925.400', 'text': 'blessing. No pomp, no'}, {'start': '2921.160', 'end': '2929.359', 'text': 'drums, just open arms, a stick of'}, {'start': '2925.400', 'end': '2932.720', 'text': 'incense and one short prayer. May every'}, {'start': '2929.359', 'end': '2933.559', 'text': 'child born come into this world free of'}, {'start': '2932.720', 'end': '2937.079', 'text': 'old'}, {'start': '2933.559', 'end': '2940.720', 'text': 'shadows. And as Shar stood at the temple'}, {'start': '2937.079', 'end': '2943.359', 'text': 'doorway cradling his daughter, Serena'}, {'start': '2940.720', 'end': '2946.559', 'text': 'leaned her head on his shoulder. They'}, {'start': '2943.359', 'end': '2950.880', 'text': 'heard the wind chime, stir as if someone'}, {'start': '2946.559', 'end': '2955.400', 'text': "far away, was smiling again. You didn't"}, {'start': '2950.880', 'end': '2959.040', 'text': "turn away this time. And now I've come"}, {'start': '2955.400', 'end': '2962.520', 'text': 'back right on time. Thank you for'}, {'start': '2959.040', 'end': '2964.960', 'text': "joining us today. We'd love to hear your"}, {'start': '2962.520', 'end': '2967.760', 'text': 'thoughts. 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