The glass barrier creates an inexplicable sense of distance, making ordinary things seem beautiful.
Even something you wouldn't want if it were given to you becomes desirable when beckoning from behind the glass, sparking the impulse to obtain it.
The more the claw that represents your hand limply trembles and lets go when you think you can get it, the less willing you are to let the object slip away easily, so you try even harder, determined to obtain it.
Even if, after acquiring it, you find it's truly ordinary, your memory still regards it as beautiful because this memory, the one of not obtaining it, is quite beautiful.
"Do you think the closer ones are easier to grab? Actually, they're not. The toy lying over there is easier to catch." Gong Beitang pointed to the toy beyond the glass and said to her, "Furthermore, the claw that seems to wobble is the most effective, while the seemingly stable one is the most powerless."
