King Eyes

Dalon is a storyteller, Karí is a daydreamer. Armed with a mind-reading amulet, they try to craft the best folktale retelling their village has ever heard.

There aren’t many ways to fatten a purse in the sleepy fishing village of Lurit. Dalon sells smoked fish by day and peddles stories to eager listeners some nights. He works with Karí — a girl struggling to find her place within her potter family — by using an amulet called the King Eyes to watch her mind. With Dalon’s easy way with words and Karí’s vivid imagination, their stories soon develop a small but loyal audience.

A trading caravan is arriving in a handful of days, and Dalon sees an opportunity to earn more money from the influx of visitors. On a tight deadline, Dalon and Karí juggle family duties and daytime chores with preparing their next story, all the while trying to keep their illegal use of the King Eyes a secret.