" I stood on the edge of that abyss between man and beast and played my harp for you, checking each note, one by one, to see if it would reach you. Because I wanted to know. I wanted to know what you thought.
And you - you spoke to me, one note at a time. We explored each other's incomprehensible minds from across that yawning chasm.
Sometimes we hit the wrong notes like clashing echoes.
Yet sometimes, just by chance, the notes we played for one another made unexpected music, like this.
[...] As long as the life you have given me continues, let me stand on the shore of that great abyss and play. Let me pluck my harp, note by note, and speak to the creatures of earth and sky, so that I may hear music as yet unkown. "
― Nahoko Uehashi , The Beast Player (The Beast Player, #1-2)
![Nahoko Uehashi quote : I stood on the edge of that abyss between man and beast and played my harp for you, checking each note, one by one, to see if it would reach you. Because I wanted to know. I wanted to know what you thought.<br />And you - you spoke to me, one note at a time. We explored each other's incomprehensible minds from across that yawning chasm.<br />Sometimes we hit the wrong notes like clashing echoes.<br />Yet sometimes, just by chance, the notes we played for one another made unexpected music, like this.<br /><br />[...] As long as the life you have given me continues, let me stand on the shore of that great abyss and play. Let me pluck my harp, note by note, and speak to the creatures of earth and sky, so that I may hear music as yet unkown.](/image/1189715.jpg)