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๐ณ๐๐พ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐ผ๐๐พ๐ ๐พ๐๐ฝ๐
๐พ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐ฟ๐๐พ๐พ, ๐๐๐พ ๐บ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ ๐บ ๐๐๐๐๐๐พ๐. ๐ณ๐๐พ ๐ถ๐๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐๐พ๐, ๐
๐๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐. ๐จ ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐บ๐๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐ป๐พ๐๐๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐บ๐๐๐, ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พโ
๐จ ๐ฟ๐ ๐.
๐จ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐พ๐พ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐จ ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐ ๐ฝ๐บ๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐๐พ๐บ๐. ๐จ ๐บ๐ ๐๐๐ป๐๐๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐, ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐บ๐๐๐๐โ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐พ๐บ๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐.
๐จ ๐๐บ๐๐พ ๐บ๐ ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐ป๐พ๐พ๐ ๐๐บ๐๐๐พ๐๐, ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐. ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐๐ผ๐พ ๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐บ๐๐ผ๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ ๐จ ๐ผ๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐พ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐บ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐ป๐พ๐ ๐๐, ๐ป๐๐ ๐จ ๐๐๐๐โ ๐๐พ ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐พ.
๐ข๐พ๐๐, ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐พโ๐๐พ๐บ๐ ๐๐พ, ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ, ๐ผ๐๐๐พ ๐ป๐บ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐พ.
๐จ๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐พ ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ.ย ย
Alcyone, you can't understand me in this formless state. But please, keep calling. He cannot see, but sight has no need.
He knows. He knows this is the call of not just any tern, but the song of his soulmate.
Love need not search; it remembers.
Your love splits through her jealousy like thunder through silence. Your voice cuts deeper than The Ocean.
We will bring him back. No force, not even Fate, can swallow loveโs call.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ,
๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ, ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.
๐๐บ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ,
๐๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ, ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ณ๐บ. ๐ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ. ๐๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ต,
๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฐ๐ณ.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ถ๐ฏ๐บ๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ,
๐๐ฉ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต, ๐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ,
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ญ.
๐๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ,
๐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ญ๐ค๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ.
๐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ, ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ.
The Sea tightens her grip. Crushing, drowning, consuming. She does not release. She does not relinquish.
But I flow, yielding where she presses. I create space within her destructive hold. I unravel tension, shifting weight. I do not clash, I redirect. I do not force, I soothe until Fateโs chaotic waters pause. A whisper within her storm that steals. I restore Ceyxโs breath, I give him chance.
Alcyone calls,
Her voice, the beacon,
And I, the way.
๐ ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ขโ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ,
๐๐ญ๐ค๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ.
๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต. ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ.
๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ต๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต,
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ท๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ.
๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ,
๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฎ, ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ,
๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ด.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ต๐ด, ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต.
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ด, ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ด.ย ย
๐๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ.ย ย
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด.
๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
๐๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ด.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ.
๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐บ.
๐๐ด ๐ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ.
๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ.
๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆโ๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ฑ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข. ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ.
๐ ๐ข๐ด๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ.
๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด,
๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ.
๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ. ๐๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฑ, ๐ง๐ข๐ด๐ต, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ต. ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ, ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ.
๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฌ๐บ,ย ย
๐๐ต ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต, ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ป๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ.
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต, ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ญ๐บ.
Go. Both of you, get out of here. Fly fast, do not look back. Go keep him company, the one who still waits for me. Who still waitsโฆ to reclaim himself.
Iโll distract her just a moment longer, before I find you, and we too, may return together, Death, or shall I sayโฆ
The Sea surges, recoiling from the release of her prisoner, snapping in fury. But I do not step aside.
Now, her dark eyes fix upon me alone.
I remain, standing where escape has already been granted, for Ceyx and Alcyone. Storm petrel and tern, eternally free at last, carried away by those wings of waiting.
And now, Fate and I are alone.
Her voice does not rage. Not yet. It soothes. It coddles. Unbearably kind.
"๐๐ก, ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐จ๐จ๐ซ, ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐. ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐? ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก? ๐๐จ๐ฎโ๐ฏ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ? ๐๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐?"
She does not command, not yet.
Sheโs just explaining, obviously. As is the nature of The Tide. Retreating. Coaxing. Returning.
Her words mimic the shape of conversation, but never its substance.
"๐๐จ๐ฎโ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐๐ซ ๐ค๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ. ๐๐ก๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ข๐๐. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง. ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ. ๐๐ก๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ซ.ย ย ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐."
I donโt move. I donโt speak. There is nothing I can say.
"๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ. ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐. ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐, ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง, ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง, ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง. ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ก, ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ?. ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ง, ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐, ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐."
It is my choice who receives my affection, not hers.
I chose whom I gave my loyalty to. And that is a choice she will never accept.
But still, there is nothing I can say.
"๐๐๐ฏ๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ญ, ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ? ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ. ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ค๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ. ๐๐๐ญ ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ. ๐๐ญ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐. ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ญ. ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ง. ๐๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐. ๐๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐, ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐."
Her words are a salve for wounds she inflicted herself. Her demands are a balm laced with venom.
Oh, sorry, not demands. She does not demand. Not according to her.
No, she offers. So kindly, she only welcomes.
She welcomes me to put out my arms so she may chain them with ease.
Thereโs nothing I can say.
โ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐, ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ? ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ. ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ."
Ah yes, because Iโm the one who needs forgiveness.
I do not answer. And Fate knows why.
But she wonโt accept why.
She does not call it rejection. She calls it error.
She does not lose, nor does she forgive.ย ย She simply revises.
Because autonomy, sorry, I mean defiance, is a glitch.ย ย
And love is submission, sculpted into the shape of her choosing.
But I am no error. I am not clay.
The only error exists in her wounded mind.
I am here to retrieve what does not belong to her.
But there is nothing I can say.
So my silence remains.
And just like any choice I dare make,
Sheโs displeased with my mistake.
The sweetness cracks at the edges. Her fantasy dissolves into fury.
The Sea swells. She attempts to pull the sky taught. She rises, The Waves, attempting to close the distance between us.
"๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐? ๐๐โ๐ ๐๐, ๐ ๐๐๐. ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐. ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐."
She cannot comprehend silence. She cannot bear a world she doesnโt orchestrate.
I have seen every iteration of this.
Her cyclical, delusional, broken mind cannot tolerate frustration, sorry, imperfection.
It makes no difference. Whether I give her appeasement, resistance, pity, silence.
It all ends the same. There is nothing I can say. Nothing I can do.
"๐๐๐ ๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐!? ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐! ๐๐โ๐ ๐๐! ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐!? ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐! ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐!? ๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐!? ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐!"
I sigh. She cannot be helped. She cannot be reached. And Iโฆ
I cannot keep trying.
But I can protect. I can use her obsession. To stall long enough for the lovers to gain enough distance.
"๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐! ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐!?"
Yes. The Sea always breaks in violence. That is her proof. That is her paradise.
The Sea erupts. And the two birds are long gone.
At last, itโs time to stop stalling.
๐จ ๐ฟ๐ ๐.
๐จ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐พ๐พ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐จ ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐ ๐ฝ๐บ๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐๐พ๐บ๐. ๐จ ๐บ๐ ๐๐๐ป๐๐๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐, ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐บ๐๐๐๐โ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐พ๐บ๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐.
๐จ ๐๐บ๐๐พ ๐บ๐ ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐ป๐พ๐พ๐ ๐๐บ๐๐๐พ๐๐, ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐. ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐๐ผ๐พ ๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐บ๐๐ผ๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ ๐จ ๐ผ๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐พ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐บ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐ป๐พ๐ ๐๐, ๐ป๐๐ ๐จ ๐๐๐๐โ ๐๐พ ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐พ.
๐ข๐พ๐๐, ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐พโ๐๐พ๐บ๐ ๐๐พ, ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ, ๐ผ๐๐๐พ ๐ป๐บ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐พ.
๐จ๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐พ ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ.ย ย
Alcyone, you can't understand me in this formless state. But please, keep calling. He cannot see, but sight has no need.
He knows. He knows this is the call of not just any tern, but the song of his soulmate.
Love need not search; it remembers.
Your love splits through her jealousy like thunder through silence. Your voice cuts deeper than The Ocean.
We will bring him back. No force, not even Fate, can swallow loveโs call.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ,
๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ, ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.
๐๐บ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ,
๐๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ, ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ณ๐บ. ๐ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ. ๐๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ต,
๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฐ๐ณ.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ถ๐ฏ๐บ๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ,
๐๐ฉ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต, ๐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ,
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ญ.
๐๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ,
๐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ญ๐ค๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ.
๐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ, ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ.
The Sea tightens her grip. Crushing, drowning, consuming. She does not release. She does not relinquish.
But I flow, yielding where she presses. I create space within her destructive hold. I unravel tension, shifting weight. I do not clash, I redirect. I do not force, I soothe until Fateโs chaotic waters pause. A whisper within her storm that steals. I restore Ceyxโs breath, I give him chance.
Alcyone calls,
Her voice, the beacon,
And I, the way.
๐ ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ขโ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ,
๐๐ญ๐ค๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ.
๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต. ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ.
๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ต๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต,
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ท๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ.
๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ,
๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฎ, ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ,
๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ด.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ต๐ด, ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต.
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ด, ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ด.ย ย
๐๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ.ย ย
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด.
๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
๐๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ด.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ.
๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐บ.
๐๐ด ๐ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ.
๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ.
๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆโ๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ฑ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข. ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ.
๐ ๐ข๐ด๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ.
๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด,
๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ.
๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ. ๐๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฑ, ๐ง๐ข๐ด๐ต, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ต. ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ, ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ.
๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฌ๐บ,ย ย
๐๐ต ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต, ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ป๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ.
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต, ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ญ๐บ.
Go. Both of you, get out of here. Fly fast, do not look back. Go keep him company, the one who still waits for me. Who still waitsโฆ to reclaim himself.
Iโll distract her just a moment longer, before I find you, and we too, may return together, Death, or shall I sayโฆ
The Sea surges, recoiling from the release of her prisoner, snapping in fury. But I do not step aside.
Now, her dark eyes fix upon me alone.
I remain, standing where escape has already been granted, for Ceyx and Alcyone. Storm petrel and tern, eternally free at last, carried away by those wings of waiting.
And now, Fate and I are alone.
Her voice does not rage. Not yet. It soothes. It coddles. Unbearably kind.
"๐๐ก, ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐จ๐จ๐ซ, ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐. ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐? ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก? ๐๐จ๐ฎโ๐ฏ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ? ๐๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐?"
She does not command, not yet.
Sheโs just explaining, obviously. As is the nature of The Tide. Retreating. Coaxing. Returning.
Her words mimic the shape of conversation, but never its substance.
"๐๐จ๐ฎโ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐๐ซ ๐ค๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ. ๐๐ก๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ข๐๐. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง. ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ. ๐๐ก๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ซ.ย ย ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐."
I donโt move. I donโt speak. There is nothing I can say.
"๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ. ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐. ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐, ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง, ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง, ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง. ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ก, ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ?. ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ง, ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐, ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐."
It is my choice who receives my affection, not hers.
I chose whom I gave my loyalty to. And that is a choice she will never accept.
But still, there is nothing I can say.
"๐๐๐ฏ๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ญ, ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ? ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ. ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ค๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ. ๐๐๐ญ ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ. ๐๐ญ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐. ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ญ. ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ง. ๐๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐. ๐๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐, ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐."
Her words are a salve for wounds she inflicted herself. Her demands are a balm laced with venom.
Oh, sorry, not demands. She does not demand. Not according to her.
No, she offers. So kindly, she only welcomes.
She welcomes me to put out my arms so she may chain them with ease.
Thereโs nothing I can say.
โ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐, ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ? ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ. ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ."
Ah yes, because Iโm the one who needs forgiveness.
I do not answer. And Fate knows why.
But she wonโt accept why.
She does not call it rejection. She calls it error.
She does not lose, nor does she forgive.ย ย She simply revises.
Because autonomy, sorry, I mean defiance, is a glitch.ย ย
And love is submission, sculpted into the shape of her choosing.
But I am no error. I am not clay.
The only error exists in her wounded mind.
I am here to retrieve what does not belong to her.
But there is nothing I can say.
So my silence remains.
And just like any choice I dare make,
Sheโs displeased with my mistake.
The sweetness cracks at the edges. Her fantasy dissolves into fury.
The Sea swells. She attempts to pull the sky taught. She rises, The Waves, attempting to close the distance between us.
"๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐? ๐๐โ๐ ๐๐, ๐ ๐๐๐. ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐. ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐."
She cannot comprehend silence. She cannot bear a world she doesnโt orchestrate.
I have seen every iteration of this.
Her cyclical, delusional, broken mind cannot tolerate frustration, sorry, imperfection.
It makes no difference. Whether I give her appeasement, resistance, pity, silence.
It all ends the same. There is nothing I can say. Nothing I can do.
"๐๐๐ ๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐!? ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐! ๐๐โ๐ ๐๐! ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐!? ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐! ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐!? ๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐!? ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐!"
I sigh. She cannot be helped. She cannot be reached. And Iโฆ
I cannot keep trying.
But I can protect. I can use her obsession. To stall long enough for the lovers to gain enough distance.
"๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐! ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐!?"
Yes. The Sea always breaks in violence. That is her proof. That is her paradise.
The Sea erupts. And the two birds are long gone.
At last, itโs time to stop stalling.
Silence, like waiting, is many things.
Perhaps a sword. Perhaps a shield.
Sometimes a punishment, stripped from the throat. Sometimes a choice, held firm in the face of power.
Sometimes the clearest answer you can give. Sometimes the only one that will not be taken.
By voices and silence, the eleventh decision, has been made, for
๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐.
And every decision, whether declared, through silence or threat, has consequences.
https://hellopoetry.com/collection/136314/the-wings-of-waiting/
Perhaps a sword. Perhaps a shield.
Sometimes a punishment, stripped from the throat. Sometimes a choice, held firm in the face of power.
Sometimes the clearest answer you can give. Sometimes the only one that will not be taken.
By voices and silence, the eleventh decision, has been made, for
๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐.
And every decision, whether declared, through silence or threat, has consequences.
https://hellopoetry.com/collection/136314/the-wings-of-waiting/
Written by
Aegis Vistoria Penumbra
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