Yu Sheng figured Rapunzel had started treating him like an all-purpose wish-granting machine—she casually opened her mouth and asked him to "turn off the sky." It was a wonder she could even say it with a straight face.
But when he saw the way the girl's eyes lit up as she looked at him, he couldn't bring himself to refuse outright. Instead, he asked curiously, "You really think I can handle something that absurd?"
"I heard it from Eileen. Everything in this valley listens to you." Rapunzel raised a hand and pointed toward the little puppets running lap after lap around the edge of the plaza. (Don't ask why they were running.) "You can even move mountains and make room in the Black Forest for Little Red Riding Hood. So you should be able to turn off the daytime while you're at it... right?"
She stared at Yu Sheng with her eyes wide, and Yu Sheng stared back at the super-JK.
The super-JK finally reacted. "You can't?"
"I told you it wouldn't work." Little Red Riding Hood walked over from the side and spoke to Rapunzel with an exasperated look. "You just wouldn't believe me."
Seeing the disappointment on both their faces, Yu Sheng glanced at the piles of firewood already arranged in the plaza, the older children helping out all around, and the little ones running lap after lap along the edge of the plaza. (Guess what they were running for.) He suddenly felt oddly guilty and raised a hand to interrupt Little Red Riding Hood. "Wait. Maybe it's not completely impossible. Give me a moment to think."
He tilted his head back and stared at the sky, silently pondering. Little Red Riding Hood and Rapunzel didn't dare disturb him, so they simply watched curiously from the side.
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