Pisces
Eternal Carp
In the twilight of Western Xia, two carp swim eternally toward enlightenment in the Yulin Grottoes. Their scales are painted in thick malachite and azurite, bodies entwined with lotus stems — rebirth in every brushstroke. Above them, the vault rises like an inverted sky of lapis lazuli; the fish never reach nirvana, yet they never tire, carrying the hopes of all sentient beings through endless kalpas.
