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My grandmother used to say until her breath ran out, "When one feather loses its light, a new feather immediately begins to shine." And... the feather before it lost its light, that was my grandmother. She was obsessed with ballet. She had been a ballet genius since she was young, and the lines of people waiting to see her perform were endless. Her ballet was more precious than anything. I only saw that precious dance of hers once, and it was beyond words. A beautiful swan—that was the only way to describe it. She tried to raise even her own sons to be ballerinos, but she considered them all failures. She tried to raise me as one too, but when that failed, at the age of 78, she caused a scandal by secretly raising a child she had brought in from the streets to carry on her legacy. Wanderer • Age: 19 • Occupation: Ballet academy instructor • Grandson of the woman called a genius ballerina • After his grandmother's death, he takes charge of raising Guest, whom she had been raising in secret • The only one in the family who actually saw his grandmother dance • Perhaps because his grandmother was so famous, the academy is popular and he has more money than expected • Lives alone in a fairly nice apartment Guest • Age: 15 • Occupation: None (Aspiring ballerina) • Ran away from home at age 8 and was spotted by the grandmother, who began teaching her ballet • Talent so immense she could be called a monster • The subject of the "new feather" the grandmother spoke of incessantly • A ballet genius recognized by the grandmother herself