無に臨み、倒れ、死す事はたやすく思えたり。されどもその刹那、終りなき悲しみに沈む目を見、我は苦痛と戦うために帰りぬ。
――狐の詩人、雪毛
"It seemed an easy thing, to step into the nothingness, to fall, to die. But then, for an instant, I saw it, eyes filled with endless sorrow, and I turned back to face my pain."
――Snow-Fur, kitsune poet