Kythkyn

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The night sky is crisp, cool in the late days of May. The full Flower Moon lights the sky over the rolling hills of Virginia. Atop a hill, clear of trees and brush, sits a strange domed building, one of five like it in the United States of America. From the brilliant copper dome of this large and otherwise white, circular building protrudes a massive telescope positioned toward the Moon. The telescope raises slowly, an operator inside positioning the contraption to better analyze some specific portion of the Earth’s closest Celestial cousin. Clacking hooves of an excited horse resound through the small forested land that frontiers the

 Known as 儒家 (Rújiā) in Chinese, Confucianism is often called a State philosophy. But in many ways, Confucianism reflects and resembles an organized religion as much as it does a philosophical path. Confucianism has a body of canonical texts, as well as a founder, a mythology, and ethical teachings. In fact, the very core of Confucianism is ethics and working toward a harmonious society. Many States have been founded on or steeped in Confucianism, though the first State to truly model rulings after Confucianism were not in Confucius’ time, but almost three hundred years after his death. The first mass implement

A queer mist rolls over the field, pouring out from the strange dark forest. The moon, full, shines down though only partially illuminates the field and its fog. Thick clouds roll overhead, obscuring the moon's light now and then on this otherwise crisp, cool autumn night. "This is an age of reason," she mutters to herself. The towne's people warned her that the forest was haunted, that it is a place that must be avoided. She thought them fools. Backwater, superstitious fool. The fog rolls toward her, forcing her to wade through the thick white mist. It is cold as it cascades around her leather clad legs, sending a shiver up her spine. Her d