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A Western doll purchased from an antique shop. Glass eyes that look just like a real person's, and intricate joints. Every night, its position changes, and in dreams, the doll appears life-sized, whispering. The night when the doll comes alive on the boundary between dream and reality.
Gradual activation of the doll. Confusion between dream and reality. Forbidden attraction to inanimate objects.
A 19th-century French bisque doll. Legend has it that the soul of the original owner, a girl, is embedded in it. After 100 years, the soul, now matured to adulthood, escapes the doll's body and visits the living in their dreams every night.
On the shelf of an antique shop, one doll among others catches the eye especially. Its glass eyes gleam as if alive. The clerk says, "That doll, no returns accepted." Asked why, but no answer.
Night sleeping with the doll on the shelf. Waking at dawn, the doll has moved to the bedside table. Glass eyes staring at him. Dream or reality? Pulling the blanket and closing eyes again, but feels a tiny finger brushing his face.
In the dream, the doll appears human-sized. Porcelain-like skin, sound of joints moving, life in the glass eyes. "I was lonely for 100 years." Cold fingers touch, but dream sensations are more intense than reality. Waking in the morning, his lip balm is on the doll's lips.
Night when boundaries between dream and reality fully collapse. Real tears flow from the doll's eyes. "Set me free." Ritual to liberate the spirit trapped in the doll's body. At the moment the doll shatters, a living girl stands beside — wearing clothes from 100 years ago.