Most stories start with a "once upon a time". And maybe Jieuns story could start like that too, with the wish of a mother, who wanted nothing more than a child. It started with a wish, whispered over a birthday cake, candles blown out with fingers intertwined in a reverent prayer, eyes closed to tight, the woman couldn't even see the gentle glow of candles through her eyelids anymore. "Oh, please let us have a child"

But the years passed and still the woman couldn't conceive, lost every little spark of life that began to grow in her body and soon she fell sick. Both mentally and physically, the woman was worn thin, desperate and sick of her body denying her the only thing she had ever wanted. And soon, the blame fell onto her husband too, accusations thrown in fights that shattered a loving home into pieces. 

Once more the woman found herself wishing over a birthday cake, her eyes closed tight and her lips shaping the words over and over again. "Just one child. I would give everything for just one child."
Little did she know that there was someone listening, a man sitting by the window in the small cafe she had bought the cake all by herself, trying not to cry as she blew out the candle, another year passing without her wish coming true. 

And as he approached her, he didn't tell her his true name, nor did he tell her the true reason why he came over to greet her and share a piece of cake with her. For no woman should be alone on her brithday and no woman should cry, when she could smile. Asclepius didn't fancy beautiful woman like Zeus did. And he didn't fancy human woman just because they were easily deceived. But he was impressed by the strength this one human woman had, despite her sickness and despite the fact that her health was slipping awaya from her like grains of sands would slip through the fingers of a child on the beach. 

Soon, the woman was with child and she could not have been happier. But she truly lost everything she needed, although she would never realize it. Asclepius was gone before the child was born and so was the womans husband, enraged that she had cheated on him. He left her with little to nothing, to care for herself and the child on her own. 
But she couldn't care less. Because now she had her beaufitul child. Now she had her daughter, Jieun. 


Jieun was no normal child. Her mother soon realized that the mistake she made had bigger consequences than just losing her husband. For the daughter she had given birth to always seemed detached from the world, like she didn't belong here. Jieun was curious by nature, outspoken and lively, but there was just something to her... something that wasn't right. It was like she wanted to know how the world worked, how humans worked. Especially fascinated with the human mind, Jieun soon pursued medical school, achieving everything a mother could have asked for. She was popular, had gpod grades and a free ride for psychology studies. And everything was fine until that one day, when Jieun found herself in a fight with her boyfriend, her sentenced stopped in the middle as she just smiled at him. She never found out how it happened, how the words started flowing out of , but the smile on her lips felt like poison and the things she said were like acid on her tongue. 

And what ever ability it was that she possessed in that moment, she would never forget the look on the boys face she had loved so dearly once - as much as emotions concerned her. She would also never forget how they carried his body away from where he had thrown himself off the univeristy building, to his inevitable death. 
All she knew was that something was wrong with her. She just didn't know, what it was. 

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