Amid whispers from the people, Lu Li opened the despised container and took out an ancient wooden box.
"Inside is the sunlight collected from the Land of Hope."
While Tesla hesitated, Raimy took it and opened it.
The dazzling noonday light spilled out from the overflowing Sunshine Box, a flowing golden ocean that intoxicated with nostalgia, at least it intoxicated Raimy and Tesla with memories.
The others in the room had a different reaction. They screamed intensely, "It's a curse," "I'm melting," knocking over chairs, making noises, and fleeing toward the door, as if the sunlight falling on them was some sort of malicious pollution.
Even outsiders were startled by the commotion, Jimmy opened the door and looked over — then stopped them from leaving.
Lu Li was family to him, but those who lived together for twenty years were not.
