Upon opening her eyes, Ji-ho found herself inside a shoddy room where the walls were made of mud and the roof was thatched with straw. There was no window to speak of, just a door that opened to the outside. She was now Arabella, 15 years old and sickly.
Oh no... said the young woman who had never experienced poverty like this.
At least you have a house, Ji-ho. Imagine waking up on a cot under the sky. These are small blessings!
Jini was right. But do I have food? her stomach felt emptier and more hollow than any hunger experience she'd ever had.
Look around the room.
Ji-ho found a clay pot but there was only water inside it. Water could temporarily fill her stomach so she decided to drink it.
Jini, what functions do you perform? She asked as she tipped the jar and drank straight from it.
The second chapter of this novel was the hint to which direction this story would take.