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Chapter 17 - Sky Painter

Genre: Reflective fantasy + Light romance

Phase: Young adult (20–25 years old)

Nara is a street artist. She never sells her paintings—she draws clouds and the sky, then sticks small pieces of paper on city poles that say: "Today, the sky is remembering you."

People are interested. Every day her paintings are different. One night, an old man approaches her.

"Why do you keep painting the sky?" he asks.

"Because I can no longer hug the person I thought would grow old with me. But I can send clouds to anyone who is still waiting."

Interesting knowledge: Psychological studies show that looking at the sky or a painting of the sky can reduce anxiety and increase the hormone dopamine.

Philosophy: Unrequited love sometimes does not disappear, it just changes form into the afternoon light or clouds that we see while secretly shedding tears.

Strange rumor: It is said that if someone paints the sky for 100 days in a row without writing a name, he will be able to send a message to the dream world of the person he misses the most.

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