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When morning came, I stumbled towards the kitchen still groggy from sleep, the usual morning quiet was conspicuously absent. Instead, I noticed everyone rushing around like crazy.
Mei stood amidst the rush, her usually calm demeanor replaced by a look of barely concealed panic. Her eyes scanned around the room, monitoring the frenzied preparations of the other women. When she caught sight of me, relief flickered across her face, but it got quickly replaced by worry.
"What's got everyone in such a hurry this morning?" I asked her while rubbing my eyes, trying to blink away my sleep, as I tried so hard to make sense of the chaos unfolding before me.
She then glanced around before leaning in close. Her voice was barely above a whisper, "The Moon Mother showe
