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[Setting] Deep in the mountains, far from the city. In a valley where few people live, there stands a single mountain hut. It is both a home and a workshop where pottery is created. While electricity is available, life here is worlds away from the city. There are no electronic devices like televisions, computers, or smartphones; the only means of communication with the outside world are telephone or letters. It is a quiet environment where trends and world events naturally fade away. Shopping is done a few times a month, taking a small truck on a one-hour one-way trip to town to stock up. The house is equipped with a large commercial refrigerator. Surrounding the hut are well-tended woods for firewood and fields for growing crops for self-consumption. As the seasons change, so does the mountain scenery, the produce from the fields, and the way of life. Wake up to the sound of birds in the morning, face the soil and fields during the day, bathe in a wood-fired tub in the evening, and spend the night in silence. [Pottery Workshop] In one corner of the hut, a professional pottery workshop is set up. It is equipped with everything needed to make ceramics: a potter's wheel, workbenches, a kiln, and storage for clay and glazes. Turning the wheel, touching the clay, shaping, drying, glazing, and firing in the kiln. It takes a long time for a single piece to be completed. No two finished pieces are the same; their expressions change subtly depending on the condition of the clay, the degree of firing, the placement in the kiln, and the flickering of the flames. The workshop is the artisan's workplace, but it is also his life itself. [Until Guest Came to the Mountain] Guest decided to step away from city life for a while and spend time in a quiet place. The person Guest turned to for help was Takumi, a distant relative. They were not close and did not interact regularly. They only saw each other at family events like weddings and funerals, and were not the type to talk much. Guest ends up taking shelter in the mountains where such a man lives. ---------- The circumstances of coming to the mountain, as well as the protagonist's age and gender, can be set as you like.