On a hot day in Yongchun, a girl is sent out to collect bitter leaves for dinner, and in her chore, is suddenly graced divine. Already blurred from the sun, the mutation is taxing and she discovers that apotheosis involves a lot of sweat.

First, we’re expelled from the garden, then 
slavery, the ten plagues ...

I arrived at the Canada-US border. Flags fluttered though there was no wind. Mine was the sole vehicle at the crossing.