Parcly Taxel: Having taken in the nature of the island (very distinct from the rest of South Korea) I proceeded to the cultural part: a recreation of a mediaeval town and its buildings, complete to the last straw of hay. Far from being Starlight's town, there were vibrant activities all around, including dances, games and small exhibitions.

Starlight Glimmer: Indeed, because of its historical accuracy, many films have used it as their backdrop. There's even a mock prison…

Double Diamond: Huh? How did you get here? [shoves Starlight over a cliff]

Parcly: I even found a pony-riding booth, but that was incidental. After my village tour, I had my lunch of fried mackerel and miso soup.

I continued further east to ascend the Seongsan caldera, a once-underwater volcano whose eruption caused its peak to be overgrown with grass and pretty flowers. My inner windigo was euphoric; she threw herself into the wind, an unfurling breeze of high spirits…

Spindle: It didn't stop there. We beat the closing time to trek Manjanggul, a cave forged by lava flows that solidified into basaltic rock. It felt like earth primordial, the land where my ancestors summoned hurricanes and winter itself, and I wisped around again. Emotion is a spectrum of spectra — I'm just a creature who's felt and fed on it all.