🐰 EP.4 – THE PATH OF REFLECTION

: The Dream of Twelve Guardian Spirits ④ 

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🌕 “The moon was closer than ever — and yet, I couldn’t touch it.”

You find yourself standing in a vast silver field.
Mist curls around your feet, soft as breath.
The sky is pale, painted in shades of blue milk and dreamlight.

Somewhere, something moves — gentle, quick.
A white rabbit leaps across the field, its fur glowing faintly in the moonlight.
It stops, turns, and looks at you.

Its eyes are not afraid — they are curious.
And for a moment, you realize you’ve seen them before.

💬 “Don’t chase me,” the rabbit whispers.
“You’re already where I’m running.”

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🌙 THE MIRROR IN THE FIELD

You follow anyway.
The rabbit darts across a stream, its reflection breaking into silver ripples.
When you cross, the water is still.
You see your own face — calm, but tired.

The rabbit appears again, now behind you.
It tilts its head, as if asking:
“Do you even know which one of us is dreaming?”

The moon rises higher,
and suddenly you understand — the chase was never about the rabbit.
It was about what you couldn’t face within yourself.

💬 “Every reflection is a road back home.”

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🪞 THE HEART THAT HIDES

Psychologically, this dream appears when you’re exhausted by perfection —
when you run from vulnerability because stillness feels unsafe.

The rabbit represents your hidden sensitivity,
the fragile self that hides behind reason,
the part of you that feels too much and forgives too easily.

To chase it is to chase truth.
To stop is to finally meet it.

💬 “You cannot heal what you keep running from.”

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🕯️ THE LUNAR SPIRIT

In Korean folklore, the rabbit (dal-to-gi, 달토끼) lives in the moon,
endlessly pounding herbs in a mortar —
a symbol of healing, forgiveness, and rebirth.

When the moon rabbit appears in a dream,
it’s a call to rest your heart.
It means you are ready to let go of guilt
and begin again with softness, not struggle.

💬 “Even the moon carries its scars in light.”

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🌾 THE FOLK WHISPER

The elders said,
“달토끼는 울지 않는다 — 대신 달을 비춘다.”
— “The moon rabbit does not weep — it reflects.”

Dreaming of it means peace is returning to you.
But peace does not come like thunder — it comes like breath.
Quiet. Patient. Certain.

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💬 WHEN THE CHASE ENDS

Ask yourself:
Who are you still chasing?
The person you were — or the one you’re becoming?

What if forgiveness doesn’t come from above,
but from the reflection that finally meets your gaze?

💬 “You were never running from the world. Only from your reflection.”

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🌕 MOONLIGHT ENDING

The rabbit stops at the edge of the field.
The moon rests behind it, a vast mirror of light.
It looks back once,
and its shadow merges with yours.

💬 “Now, you can stop running.”

When you wake,
the moon is gone — but the calm remains.
You touch your chest and feel it:
the heartbeat that no longer rushes to escape itself.

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🐉 NEXT EPISODE | EP.5 – THE FIRE OF CREATION

When the dragon rises from within, and silence turns to light.