They found her in a cedar crate beneath a stack of winter coats, wrapped in yellowing newspaper like a small, folded secret. The shop smelled of boiled glue and lemon oil; light from the workshop window cut a pale rectangle across the floorboards. Takumi had been cleaning the back room when his fingers brushed the soft edge of lacquer.
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Mei held her like something fragile in the palms of her hands. Up close, the repair was visible: a thin line, darker than the lacquer around it, a seam that spoke of attention rather than concealment. Mei did not seem to notice. She cradled the kokeshi to her chest and laughed, a small bell. “She looks like the one my aunt had,” Mei said. “She used to hide letters in it.” They found her in a cedar crate beneath